Polls: World Not Pleased With Bush.
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| Fri, 03-05-2004 - 8:16am |
MO polls are interesting but not an exact science. One has to take into account the error + - %, the amount of people sampled & sometimes the agenda of the pollster.
>"A majority of people in Canada, Mexico and five European countries have an unfavorable view of the role that President Bush plays in world affairs, Associated Press polls found.
Only in the United States did a majority of those questioned, 57 percent, have a positive view of President Bush's role.
The AP polls were conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm, in Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United States.
Just over half in Mexico and Italy had a negative view of Mr. Bush's role. In Britain, the closest U.S. ally in the war in Iraq, and in Canada, two-thirds had a negative view.
Sam McGuire, director of opinion research at Ipsos UK, said Mr. Bush's low ratings in Britain are notable, given that country's close alliance with the United States. Britain traditionally has been seen as the United States' "staunchest European ally on world affairs," he said, and long has been a buffer between the United States and Europe.
Three-fourths of those in Spain and more than 80 percent in France and Germany had a negative view of Mr. Bush's role in world affairs."<
>"The AP-Ipsos poll found that people in the two countries bordering the U.S. and in five major European countries think the war in Iraq increased the threat of terrorism in the world.
In the United States, people were evenly divided on whether the war has increased or decreased the terror threat.
While a majority in each of the countries polled except the United States said the terrorism threat was greater because of the war, fewer than one in 10 in any of the European countries said the terror threat had been decreased by the war.
In Canada and France, just over half felt it had been increased, while in Germany, three-fourths thought the Iraq war has made the terror problem worse.
A majority in each country, including the United States, said they felt the situation between Israel and the Palestinians has made the terror threat around the world worse."<
>"The AP-Ipsos polls of 930 to just over 1,000 adults in each country were taken Feb. 12-21, and have margins of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points."<
Complete article.........
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/04/world/main604135.shtml


And the United States would not be a sovereignty, now would it?
Good point! Although most leaders
...nor do they wield the huge amount of power that the President of the United States has...although, under Bush, that may be diminishing...