Posted on 05/30/2008 6:53:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
If citizens of five leading European countries were electing the next U.S. president, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama would be a shoo-in, according to a new poll that also reveals strong views on America's global role.
In a survey of some 6,200 people in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia, the senator from Illinois received 52 percent of the vote to just 15 percent for Republican Sen. John McCain. Sen. Hillary Clinton was not listed as an option in the YouGov poll, conducted for the London Daily Telegraph 's Internet site.
The biggest gap between the two presumptive candidates was in Germany, where Obama scored 67 percent support to McCain's six percent. In Russia, the gap was the smallest, with Obama leading by a 31-24 margin.
Respondents in the other three countries also favored Obama by large margins -- Italy (70-15), France (65-8) and Britain (49-14).
To a separate question, respondents said Obama was better equipped than McCain "to lead the world economy out of its current difficulties" in all the surveyed countries except Russia, where McCain was favored by a 36-28 point margin.
The survey also found that more people in four of the five countries viewed the United States as "a force for evil" in today's world than "a force for good."
Only in Italy did more respondents (49-27 percent) consider the U.S. a force for good rather than evil. Of those in the other four countries, Russians were the most anti-American, with 56 percent calling the U.S. a force for evil and only 16 percent a force for good. Germans had the next most negative view (39-25 percent) of America's global role.
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I believe I said that Euros are to the left of us, generally.
Although I am not European I agree with you. Look at Italy for example. They just had a national election where they ushered in an overwhelming majority of center - right and hard right wing politicians. They tossed the left out on their proverbial asses. From what I read no green politicians were elected for the first time in decades. Not one.
It seems that the Italians who were polled have missed the news about Obama that has surfaced since mid - February. They are still in love with the concept of Obama.
Well I guess that takes any doubt about who the right Candidate to vote for is
Ditto!!!
When are they going to ask me in an opinion poll of what I think about other countries opinions?
lol
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