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World Wants Barack Obama To Be Next
American President |
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September 11, 2008
London abs-cbnnews --
Most people across the world
would prefer Democrat Barack Obama to win the
US presidential election over his Republican
rival John McCain, a new poll spanning 22
countries showed Tuesday.
The BBC World Service survey
found the most common view in all nations
polled was that Obama -- who staged a euphoric
European tour two months ago that included a
speech to 200,000 fans in Berlin -- should win
in November.
An average of 46 percent of
all those questioned thought US relations with
the rest of the world would improve if Obama
took office, compared to just 20 percent for
McCain, the survey of 22,500 people found.
Global approval ratings for
the United States are currently low -- a BBC
World Service poll earlier this year found 49
percent of people surveyed had a negative view
of US influence, compared to 32 who viewed it
positively.
Those most optimistic about an
Obama presidency"s impact on US external
relations were people in America"s NATO allies
-- Canada, France, Germany, Britain and Italy
-- as well as Australia, Nigeria and Kenya,
where Obama has family.
Forty-six percent said having
a black US president would "fundamentally
change" their perception of the United States,
and 27 percent said it would not.
"Large numbers of people
around the world clearly like what Barack
Obama represents," said Doug Miller, chairman
of GlobeScan which conducted the poll.
"Given how negative America"s
international image is at present, it is quite
striking that only one in five think a McCain
presidency would improve on the Bush
administration"s relations with the world."
However, there is nothing to
suggest Obama"s popularity abroad will bring
success at home -- he is neck and neck with
McCain in US opinion polls, and a similar BBC
survey before the 2004 US election found
strong global support for John Kerry, the
Democrat who eventually lost to incumbent
George Bush.
In Tuesday"s poll, the margin
in favour of Obama ranged from just nine
percent in India to 82 percent in Kenya. On
average, 49 percent preferred Obama to 12
percent in favour of McCain.
Nearly four in 10 people did
not take a position, with this attitude most
common in Russia, Singapore, Turkey, India and
Egypt.
An average of 46 percent
thought US-world relations would improve under
Obama, 22 percent thought they would stay the
same and seven percent thought they would get
worse.
Only 20 percent thought
relations would improve under McCain, although
this figure was around 30 percent in China,
India and Nigeria. An average 37 percent
expected no change and 16 percent thought
relations would get worse.
A separate poll in the United
States mirrored these conclusions, with 46
percent expecting better relations under Obama
and 30 percent under McCain.
The survey was carried out in
July and August in Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, Egypt, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico,
Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Poland,
Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the United Arab
Emirates, Britain and the United States. |
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