Posted on 12/02/2006 1:38:56 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Americans have the warmest feelings about England, Canada and Israel, and good feelings have improved about China and India more than any other country since an August poll, according to a survey measuring U.S. attitudes toward foreign countries.
The survey, released Thursday by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, found that Cuba, Iran and North Korea received the coolest ratings when Americans were asked to rank how they felt about foreign countries. Iraq, North Korea and Venezuela were said to be the countries with ratings that fell the most.
Since an August survey, the university found that the ratings for 13 countries had improved. The "Global Thermometer" measured the warmth of U.S. voters' feelings about 16 foreign countries, the United Nations and the Palestinian government.
In order of ranking, they were England, Canada, Israel, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Nations, Russia, France, China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iraq, Syria, the Palestinian government, Cuba, Iran and North Korea.
Peter Brown, the institute's assistant director, said Democrats generally give foreign countries higher ratings than Republicans. "The poll was taken after an election in which Democrats triumphed, so perhaps that is what we are seeing," he said of the improvement in U.S. attitudes.
Democrats wrested control of both houses of the U.S. Congress from Republicans in elections this month.
The survey's results came from interviews conducted Nov. 13-19 with 1,623 registered voters across the country. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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<< West Coast Conservative
Had Australia been on the list (it would have) have been right up there with Canada and England. >>
Rubbish.
Had Australia been on the list -- and New Zealand, too, come to that there'd have been no mention of Canada and England. >>
Surveys," like all poll results, are what the survey taker set out to make them and most Americans, barely aware of the location of either canada or mexico, have no idea what england is, let alone where it is -- or what to "feel" about it.
But everyone likes America's First and Best Ally, Australia and has incredibly warm feelings, all things considered, toward New Zealanders.
I was just talking to the author....
Why wasn't Australia on the bloody list?
,,, but... she likes you.
And no Japanese either. Weird.
,,, the summer look - not that she spends much time in NZ though.
Hope you're not offended.Everything I've heard and read about her (which,admittedly,isn't that much) strongly suggests that she's an unashamed Communist in the mold of Ted Kennedy and Hillary Rodham.
,,, Ted would put more booze away than she would but Hitlery would be a good comparison. Both are obsessed with gaining and keeping power.
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