THERE'S AN INTERESTING article on the Foreign Policy magazine website regarding worldwide reactions to the US presidential elections. FP teamed up with Gallup to poll people from 70 country around the world to find out their preference in the elections. But the more interesting poll asked the following question: 'Do you think who's elected president of the United States makes a difference to your country or not?' The results of some of the polls are listed below. France makes two of the lists!
Top 10 Pro-Obama Countries
1. Kenya (+86)
2. Uganda (+77)
3. Ethiopia (+70)
4. Tanzania (+67)
5. Mauritania (+65)
6. Netherlands (+64)
7. Denmark (+61)
8. France (+60)
9. Norway (+58)
10. Belgium (+58)
Top 10 Pro-McCain Countries
1. Georgia (+8)
2. Philippines (+8)
3. Cambodia (+5)
4. Laos (+1)
5. Lithuania (0)
6. Pakistan (0)
7. India (-5)
8. Estonia (-5)
9. China (-7)
10. Latvia (-8)
US Elections Do Make a Difference for Your Country (top 5)
1. South Korea (+67)
2. U.K. (+63)
3. France (+56)
4. Ireland (+56)
5. Australia (+55)
US Elections Don't Make a Difference for Your Country (top 5)
1. Palestine (+56)
2. Estonia (+34)
3. Kuwait (+21)
4. Burundi (+18)
5. Saudi Arabia (+13)
Did you notice that only 4 countries in the world prefer McCain to Obama? I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in my family who is at all interested in this, so I'll stop now.
CJS
3 comments :
I'm very interested.
When we lived in Senegal, people were very interested in the US elections because of the effect it would have on them.
Thanks for posting this.
What? Saudi Arabia doesn't think the elections impact them? Wow, we're more dependant on their oil than I thought.
Shocker that Georgia leads the way in the Pro-McCain column. (That's really inside-politics isn't it)
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