ARG Global Monitor; Germans, French Want Hillary as U.S. President

[Alamom]

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/17033


Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Germans, French Want Hillary as U.S. President
August 29, 2007

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in two European nations hold positive views on a prospective United States presidential nominee, according to a five-country poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 45.5 per cent of respondents in Germany, and 43.7 per cent of respondents in France, would like to see Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next American head of state.

Support for Rodham Clinton—currently serving her second term as New York’s junior U.S. senator—stands at 38.9 per cent in Canada, 35.2 per cent in Italy, and 29.8 per cent in Britain.

Eight U.S. presidential hopefuls—four Democrats and four Republicans—were included as options. In Italy, 17.5 per cent of respondents would like Republican former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to win the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In Canada, 13.4 per cent of respondents voice support for Democratic Illinois senator Barack Obama.



Polling Data

As you may know, the United States will elect a new president in November 2008. Which of these candidates would you like to see elected as President of the United States? (Candidates listed alphabetically)

.........................BRI..........FRA.........ITA...........GER............CAN


John Edwards.......1.5%........1.8%........2.6%........2.5%.........2.5%


Rudy Giuliani..........9.5%.....2.7%.........17.5%.......2.1%.........9.6%


John McCain........1.4%........1.1%.........1.3%.......1.2%.........2.7%


Barack Obama.......7.1%........4.7%........11.2%........8.6%.......13.4%


Bill Richardson......0.6%........0.5%.........0.7%........0.6%.........0.4%


Hillary Clinton.....29.8%........43.7%........35.2%.......45.5%.......38.9%


Mitt Romney.........0.4%........0.1%.........0.3%........0.2%.........1.2%


Fred Thompson......0.4%........0.7%.........0.6%........0.4%.........2.8%


Not sure............49.3%........44.7%.........0.6%......38.9%........28.3%



Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 5,075 adults in Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, conducted from Jul. 26 to Aug. 11, 2007. Margin of error for each country is 3.1 per cent.



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[ThomWV]

1. Not at all suprising - its name recognition

You have to ask yourself, why would someone in Germany, France, or anywhere else know who a would-be candidate like Bill Richardson, or Fred Thompson, or Dennis Kucinich was? Unless the person was a news junkie they wouldn't know any more than most of the folks in the US would have an idea who the candidates might be in a european country. Hell, most folks in this country still think Thacher rules in Jolly-ole-England. The Clinton name was in the European press for over 8 years and Bill was always popular there. Its no wonder they could pick her out of a lineup.

[Alamom]

2. Of course. Due to the extreme global popularity of the B*sh regime for

(almost) 6 years, no one outside the US is paying attention to our Election process, especially the Europeans. :eyes:






:sarcasm:

[William769]

3. They know a good leader when they see one.

[William769]

4. When it comes to world leaders they see her as one.

Thats fantastic!

[Tellurian]

5. I remember during the Impeachment fiasco,

the US was the laughing stock of the World. Europeans and all other cultures couldn't understand why, when we had such a caring president who brought us Peace and Prosperity, he would be so vociferously attacked by the Republicans who spent millions trying to get him deposed from the presidency.

To digress for a moment, now we know why. The Clinton presidency in 1992 upset their PNAC plans of doing what they planned to do in 1992 waiting until they could by any means in 2000. The War in Iraq, Oil, cleaning out all our Treasuries and Reserves turning our economy on it's ear and destabilizing the Global Economy as it is right now.

So, please tell me what candidate I would want as president that has already picked out Republicans he wants to make nice with in this next presidential cycle.

The only candidate I've seen so far that knows how to work with the vultures without inviting them to live with her IS Sen Hillary Clinton. Is it any wonder, the World at large, sees this and understands she will set herself apart from the reptilians who choose to devour the world in the name of GREED?

Amazing, the short term memory recall of Americans.

[ludwigb]

6. The Blowhards Who Scream "Anti-Americanism" All The Time

forget that Bill Clinton was massively popular all around the world and the US was beloved. I've been to Europe before and after--the transformation is dramatic. Fortunately, the vast majority of Europeans haven't given up on Americans.

[Tellurian]

7. So True..

When traveling overseas during the Clinton presidency, we were always well received by people in other countries. They would give us hugs and with wide eyed huge smiles ask: "You know him?" We'd laugh and say: "no, but we like him too." Then we'd hear the neverending praises about him, articles they'd read in their newspaper...etc.. Yep, those were the days when saying you were American meant something..

[Alamom]

8. American's will be welcomed into the world community again. We just

have to get rid of the Rep-tiles hiding under the rocks of DC.....and we will.

[mrgorth]

9. Can they vote in primaries?

If not then who the fuck cares?

[MadHound]

10. First question, why should we allow foreign countries effect our elections?

Secondly, I noticed that Kucinich and others weren't on that list, so how can you really consider this to be a fair sampling? Given that Kucinich's positions are most in line with European positions, it would seem to be that he would also rate favorable rankings. But hey, we just can't let little things like truth and fairness get in the way of the Hillary uber alles machine:eyes: