International Poll Finds Support Ebbing for U.S. Policy

[Snellius]

LONDON, Oct. 15 — It is getting down to the wire and the rest of the world is still trying to elbow its way into the American presidential election.

With the professed goal of showing how the United States "is perceived by the rest of the world," 10 leading newspapers around the globe today published the results of public opinion surveys in their countries, where residents in eight of them said they strongly favored Senator John Kerry in the race for the White House.

The surveys also found that opinions of the United States had worsened during President Bush's tenure in each of the countries except Israel.
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Support for President Bush was strongest in Israel and Russia, according to the polling in those countries, with 50 percent of Israelis favoring Mr. Bush's re-election and 24 percent favoring Mr. Kerry. In Russia, Mr. Bush was a 52-48 favorite.

But elsewhere, Mr. Kerry was a strong favorite, leading in percentage terms among Britons by 50-22, Mexicans by 55-20, Japanese by 51-30, South Koreans by 68-18 and among the French by 72-16.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/politics/campaign/15CND-POLL.html

[lebkuchen]

1. Maybe I skimmed too fast....where's Germany?

Bush has never been able to visit this country w/o massive protests following him everywhere.

[yardwork]

2. Support ebbing? How much lower than low tide can support go?

[bpilgrim]

3. plummeting is closer to the truth

"LONDON, Oct. 15 — It is getting down to the wire and the rest of the world is still trying to elbow its way into the American presidential election."

yeah... but no ones listening apparently.

who does the NYT endorse in this years presidential election, i wonder.

the BUSH DOCTRINE or something else :shrug:

peace

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=905599