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World Warming to America Since Obama's Election, Poll Shows
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA new BBC poll shows that people in 28 countries have a more positive view of the United States since Barack Obama was elected in November 2008. It is the first time in the five-year history of the poll, which calculates world opinion of various nations, that American influence has been viewed as more positive than negative. Out of 30,000 people interviewed between November 2009 and February 2010, 40 percent view the United States favorably, another jump in an upward trend that began shortly after Obama's election. In 2009, 35 percent of respondents had a favorable view of the United States, ...
World to Obama: XOXO
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyAccording to the results of a new Pew poll released Thursday, if citizens of other nations were allowed to vote in U.S. elections, Barack Obama's reelection in 2012 would be a foregone conclusion. Democrats wouldn't have to worry about Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, or anybody else. Hey, Republicans: Fuggedaboutit! They love this cat in foreign countries, love him so much, in fact, that the rest of his countrymen -- mere mortals like us -- are suddenly popular again, too. ...
World Opinion - And What It's Worth
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyBack in 2004, citizens of foreign countries protested that they ought to be allowed a vote in the U.S. Presidential race. Since the president (or "Leader of the Free World," as Americans coin the job) has so vast an influence over the entire world, the world has an interest in voting for the president. So goes the logic. Of course, it is probably precisely because we do not allow foreign opinions, or the ideologies which inform them, to sway our elections that we are the super-power envy of those nations. Nevertheless, the BBC reports that the rest of the world would overwhelmingly cast their ...
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