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World Wants Bush Out of the White House: Poll

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world wants President Bush (news - web sites) out of the White House, according to a poll released on Wednesday that shows in 30 of 35 countries people preferred Democrat candidate John Kerry (news - web sites).



Kerry was particularly favored in traditionally strong U.S. allies and beat Bush on average by more than a two-to-one margin, 46 percent to 20 percent, the survey by GlobeScan Inc, a global research firm, and the University of Maryland, said.


The survey of attitudes around the world contrasts with U.S. polls that have shown the American electorate closely divided and that Bush has been gaining momentum since the Republican convention this month.


Bush launched a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) last year over the objections of many governments, including allies, and the first U.S. pre-emptive war angered many people around the world. Kerry has said he will pursue stronger international alliances if he wins the presidency.


"Only one in five want to see Bush re-elected. Though he is not as well known, Kerry would win handily if the people of the world were to elect the U.S. president," Steven Kull, director of the university's program on international policy attitudes, said.


The only countries where Bush was preferred in the poll of 34,330 people that was conducted mainly in July and August were the Philippines, Nigeria and Poland. India and Thailand were divided.


Asked how the foreign policy of Bush has affected their feelings toward the United States, a majority or plurality of respondents in 30 countries said it made them feel worse about America, while in three countries more respondents said they felt better.


The survey's margin of error was plus or minus 2.3 to 5 percentage points.
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Well that was interesthing poll but I think only America people will vote their President not the world

On my opinion I'm not vote President like Bush

*Lauren

As much as I wish we did, the world dosen't vote for American President.

*Ledi*

sigh....

Uh Blah

NEWS FLASH: The US population didn't want Bush as President either according to the 2000 election vote total!

Goonieforever

It's sad that we have lost sooo many allies

WalkingOnSunshine

Interesting....

Ahhh yes because Gore just landslided the whole thing, please. I swear the "selected not elected" speech never gets old.

I guess but some of these "allies" have turned out to be anything but. I think it is amazing how some of "allies" can turned their back on the US and yet if something happens to them they will expect US's aid & assistance.

Lexis

It is amazing how allies can turn their backs and then expect support when things go wrong for them isn't it?

Like how the IRA recieved lots of funding from American's and the government let it pass? ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1563119.stm ) The same IRA that were responsible for hundreds of murders and left the population of the UK scared that the next time they went shopping they were going to be blown sky high?

Yeah. It is amazing.

Sorry that this sounds so bitter but don't pretend that America has always been so gracious to their allies.

mh67511

I wonder what the 5 countries were that didn't prefer Kerry...?

Lexis

Poland and Nigeria were two of them - I think also Indonesia but I could be wrong.

ColorMist

Poland, Nigeria and the Philippines favor Bush. In India and Thailand the race was considered a dead-heat (in India Kerry leads by only one percentage point, and in Thailand Bush leads by only three percentage points).

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*Ledi*

please, you know that is not true. No one turned their backs on the US. They just didn't want to back up the US because you decided to go on a personal war, not necessarily a needed war or whatever. And they did the right thing, because.... where are the WMD's???

JohannafromIHJ

'Cause you have a magical super orb strawberry-scented power that lets you see into the future, so you know just how former allies would react if they found themselves in trouble, right?

Yeah, those bastard allies. How dared they disagree with Bush and not waste billions on a war which was meant to find those VMDs so that Iraq could be free so that Saddam wouldn't give the weapons to Bin Ladin, the guy Saddam kicked out of Iraq since Saddam was a secular leader and Bin Laden wants to replace all secular leaders with priests. Or something. It's so damn simple, yet those bastard "allies" wanted proof and *****. Please, the world acting as a united front in a legal way is so yesterday. Don't they know that every war needs to be planned so that it fits into the US President's four years in office? Damn hippies!

Monroe

Of course we expect the US's aid and assistance when we give them ours. Being "allies" is a two way street - no country goes into something without a vested national interest. Besides, in Australia's case, John Howard gives the yay to GWB despite the opinion polls saying we don't want it (making our troops join the war in Iraq, the impending free trade agreement.) We aren't turning our backs on you, we're saying we would prefer someone else in power as it does affect us.

Timeo

There's more information that can be found at the BBC website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3640754.stm

WalkingOnSunshine

No one turned their backs on the US? Funny, I think when your allies choose to do anything but support you that is a form of turning your back. Oh yes, because the minute Bush got into office he was counting down the minutes til he could invade Iraq, right?? He couldn't wait to take all the oil and once and for all get the man who threatened his daddy. Please, I just don't understanding the reasoning behind this "personal war" you speak of. Iraq, by not cooperating with the UN about their WMDs, gave both cause & concern for the US. What would you have said if the US had waited and tried to work with the UN for a longer period of time? But during this extended time period - Saddam used force against the US,what would have been said then? I am guessing President Bush would have been accused of trying to be to political. And everyone, allies or not, would have blamed him for not doing his best to protect his country, his people and show concern for the rest of the world. The threat was there with Iraq - the threat of Saddam and his WMDs was there. Yes, WMDs have not been found but the world is safer. And no thanks to those "allies" who turned their backs.

No, but that is the way it always is. The fact of the matter is the US is dragged into affairs of its allies whether it should be or not. But, the major differences between us and some of our "allies" is that the US stands up and does back up their allies.

I am not criticizing every ally of the US but I will right now criticize France. The fact that France had as much if not more invested in Iraq than the US should have shown many what they were really like. France chose to block every step of the US which showed their true nature. I think sometimes when push comes to shove and the true colors of people/nations come out - it shows what was lacking in the first place. And between the US and France what was lacking was support and cooperation from France for the US. Now, I am not trying to turn this into an anti-France, pro-US viewpoint. Instead, I am just pointing out one of the major "allies" that turned out to be anything but that.

I do understand what you are saying and other countries of course have their opinion on what leaders they would like to have to deal with. But, in the end though this Nov all that really matters is what the US citizens want. I am not sure if that sounds rude but it is really just the truth.