If I turn it around and ask the pollster, say of Poland
Have you heard of Kaczynski? Do you know who’s running for president of Poland? Whom would you vote for and why? Will the 2015 Polish election affect your country? What’s the most important thing the next president should do? Has your opinion of Poland improved or worsened since Tusk took office? -- it's silly.
btw -- I know Jacob Zuma is President of South Africa because he's in the news, but I can't name any other current politician in that country - I'm sure there are smarter and more well-informed freepers out there, but I'm also certain that the majority wouldn't know the opposition in S.A. either
This MSM "poll" is just to give Obama talking points "oh, look, his foreign policy does not suck" instead of pointing out "people outside the US have heard of the current PResident of the USA"
If the same poll was taken in 2004, the "world" would have chosen Bush, in 1996 "Clinton", in 1992 "Bush" etc. etc.
Good point. They’ve heard of Obama, but they might not have heard of Romney. On the other hand, I argue with a$$hats from foreign countries all the time, and most of them are Liberal nitwits by our standards. I have little doubt that if they KNEW Romney, they would STILL be supporting the socialist candidate.