Posted on 09/09/2008 6:56:47 PM PDT by GeeMoney
World wants Obama as president: poll Posted Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:50pm AEST
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival in polls at home, but people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said.
All 22 countries covered in the poll would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain.
In 17 of the 22 nations, people expect relations between the US and the rest of the world to improve if Senator Obama wins.
More than 22,000 people were questioned by pollster GlobeScan in countries ranging from Australia to India and across Africa, Europe and South America.
The margin in favour of Senator Obama ranged from 9 per cent in India to 82 per cent in Kenya, while an average of 49 per cent across the 22 countries preferred Senator Obama compared with 12 per cent preferring Senator McCain. Some four in 10 did not take a view.
"Large numbers of people around the world clearly like what Barack Obama represents," GlobeScan chairman Doug Miller said.
"Given how negative America's international image is at present, it is quite striking that only one in five think a McCain presidency would improve on the Bush administration's relations with the world."
In the United States, three polls taken since the Republican party convention ended on Thursday (local time) show Senator McCain with a lead of 1 to 4 percentage points - within the margin of error - and two others show the two neck-and-neck.
The countries most optimistic that an Obama presidency would improve relations were America's NATO allies, including Australia (62 per cent).
A similar BBC/Globescan poll conducted ahead of the 2004 U.S presidential election found that, of 35 countries polled, 30 would have preferred to see Democratic nominee John Kerry, rather than the incumbent George Bush, who was elected.
A total of 23,531 people in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, Britain and the United States were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone in July and August 2008 for the poll.
- Reuters
They can have.....wonder what we can get on eBay for one slightly tarnished Presidential candidate?
Who gives a f..., I care NOT
They don't get to pick Russia's president.
They don't get to pick Britain's Prime Minister (or king or queen).
They don't get to pick Zimbabwe's... umm... let's skip that one...
They can have him.....wonder what we can get on eBay for one slightly tarnished Presidential candidate?
“The World” can have him and America will take McCain/Palin as our president and vice president.
The more this is reported the more it will hurt “The One” where it counts. Most Americans dont care about the world’s wants in matters like this.
What the world wants don’t count! We get to vote and they don’t! To use an old British vernacular; they can “BLOODY-WELL BUGGER-OFF!”
Yep, McCain it is!
Probably not as much as we could get for one heavily tarnished ex-President. COD. No returns accepted.
Did ABC mention the world does NOT have America’s best interest at heart? /s
Why in the world would anyone approve of such an un-presidential tactless annoyance as Barak Obama? He is immature, dull, and tasteless. They must be unable to get Fox News or talk radio around the world.
Today, McCain/Palin pulls in thousands at rallies: Obamadon/Biden pull in the low hundreds. Change is finally coming. Hope is now just a November vote away. And “yes we can” change Washington with McCain/Palin
Guess what??? The World don’t get to vote in American elections!!!! hahahahahaha
And further more, we don’t care what the world thinks!!!
Hopefully, this poll will be as influential swaying voters as the speech in Germany. Maybe he needs to move and run for President of the EU.
Hopefully, this poll will be as influential swaying voters as the speech in Germany. Maybe he needs to move and run for President of the EU.
American interests sometimes conflict with those of other nations.
The President needs to advocate for those interests.
Other nations realize they have a much better chance to prevail in conflicts, major and minor, with the United States if Mr. Obama is elected.
The attitude of patriotic foreigners is entirely understandable, but they just don’t have a say.
Hey Miller you a-hole: Large numbers of people around the world already have what Barack obama represents...which is why so many of them are pulling up stakes and trying to sneak beg buy and borrow their way into America.
“world wants obama as president: poll”
what disgusting, puerile, fatuous nonsense.
IMHO
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