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A just-out BBC World Service poll surveying 22,000 people in 21 countries found a wide preference for President Obama in the presidential race, who scored 50 percent favorable among all respondents to Mitt Romney’s 9 percent. Almost a quarter, 24 percent, gave some variation of an answer that it made no difference. Only 16 percent said they didn’t know, a reminder of how closely the world follows American politics.

The poll surveyed many of the world’s most populous countries. It emphasized famously Obama-friendly Western Europe but skipped Russia and the Arab Middle East. Here are the results from Globescan’s report:
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The only country where Romney scored higher was Pakistan, which may be more about widespread opposition to the Obama administration’s policies than is it about embracing Romney. Only 11 percent of Pakistanis said they wanted to see Obama reelected — by far his lowest score out of the countries surveyed — while 15 percent supported Romney, which is roughly consistent with his numbers in other countries. An earlier Pew poll found only 7 percent confidence for Obama in Pakistan, with 60 percent expressing no confidence. The U.S. drone program in Pakistan’s border region is a source of particular popular animus.
Obama scored extremely well in Canada, Australia, Africa, Western Europe (except Spain, where he received a relatively low 45 percent, though Romney got only 1 percent), as well as Panama and Brazil. Since 2008, when the poll was also conducted, pro-Obama sentiment has most significantly dropped in China, Mexico and Kenya; it rose by the widest margins in India and Panama.
Romney’s best showing was in Kenya with 18 percent, perhaps reflecting a degree of disillusionment with Obama (John McCain scored only 5 percent there in the 2008 poll). His second-highest score was in Poland. “Eastern Europe has long seen Republicans as more sympathetic to their struggles with Russia, and former Polish president Lech Walesa endorsed Romney over the summer,” The Post’s Michael Birnbaum and Keith B. Richburg explained Sunday. Broadly, though, his numbers in this poll are consistent with McCain’s in 2008, suggesting the possibility that many foreign publics associate Republicans with the George W. Bush, whose administration was deeply unpopular abroad.
Neither candidate fared especially well in China or, more surprisingly, Japan. Chinese gave Obama 28 percent approval and Romney 9 percent, a single-digit but significant drop since 2008. Both citizens and government officials in China have been glued to the 2012 race, often expressing concern over the increasingly pointed rhetoric against Chinese policies.
Japanese opinion is more complicated, in part because polls have been inconsistent. Globescan says that 33 percent support Obama and 9 percent for Romney, pretty low given how highly Japanese seem to score the U.S. in other surveys. A Gallup poll found Japan’s presidential job approval rating drop from 66 percent in 2009 to 46 percent in 2011. Pew reported that Japanese confidence in Obama had slipped from a sky-high 85 percent in 2009 to a still-high 74 percent this year; the same poll, though, found Japanese favorability toward the U.S. itself rising from 59 percent to 72 percent. Pew’s analysts attributed this increase to the U.S. aid effort after the March 2011 Fukushima crisis, although it’s not clear, then, why they would appear to rate Obama so poorly in the Globescan poll.
The countries where Obama leads together make up about 56.4 percent of the global population. Non-Americans sometimes joke — or gripe — that they should get a vote in U.S. presidential elections, given the winner’s potential impact on their country and sometimes individual lives. If they did, it seems likely, based on this poll, that Obama would win.

Poll finds 20 of 21 countries strongly prefer Obama (exception: Pakistan)

Romney For president Pakistanis Prefer Him Most! :chilli::chilli:
 
The French, Spanish, and Indonesians really hate Romney, lol.... still up in the air about who i'm going to vote for though I'm trending Obama...there are positions from both candidates that I like and positions I disagree with.
 
The French, Spanish, and Indonesians really hate Romney, lol.... still up in the air about who i'm going to vote for though I'm trending Obama...there are positions from both candidates that I like and positions I disagree with.

Spain and indonesians dont like him either, but i would say romney is good, obama is good at attacking in speeches and debates and thats why takes a lead but Romney was good in final debate!
 
Spain and indonesians dont like him either, but i would say romney is good, obama is good at attacking in speeches and debates and thats why takes a lead but Romney was good in final debate!
Romney was great in the first debate, but Obama was better in the final two. It will be a very close race. The first debate gave Romney a lot of momentum.
 
it proves one thing, pakistanis are least bothered about this

it also proves how big a lie is the 'ally' thing, on one hand our govt announces that US is our biggest ally and US pouring money on pakistan but the opinion of general populace totally opposite
 
The French, Spanish, and Indonesians really hate Romney, lol.... still up in the air about who i'm going to vote for though I'm trending Obama...there are positions from both candidates that I like and positions I disagree with.

Are you one of those annoying undecided voters? :cheesy:
 
I prefer Obama would win US presidential elections 2012, It is good for World and It is good for United States of America, He has a clear vision, :usflag: Although Republicans tend to have better relations with India, but my concern is their core issues are North Korea and Iran.
 
Are you one of those annoying undecided voters? :cheesy:

Pretty much, hate the idea of voting on a party line. My views tend towards conservative naturally, but results first and foremost!
 
Lets look at some reasons as to why these European countries or countries around the world like Obama.
The First and pretty obvious one is that he has been President for the past 4 years and people around the world know him more than Romney, so it would be easier for people predict his policies and work with him.

Second one is that most of European countries prefer a Socialist form of government were they have big government and the government provides for the people. And look at the problem that have been caused due to his, large government debt and huge deficits. People like it when the government provides everything but don't look at is to where the money is coming from. Most of the money that was used by the Obama administration was borrowed from China, and that is why people in US have resentment against them. But personally China did nothing wrong they basically followed their own interest. They made money where they can. It is/was the fault of the US government who thought that they could get out of the trouble by passing stimulus and creating jobs through it without even a thought that the money was borrowed and the jobs they would create would be temporary and afterwords the hole they would have put themselves in a even deeper pit. Exactly same to what many European countries did by overspending on projects by borrowing.

Thirdly, the whole issue with Pakistan not liking Obama is understandable, I mean I wouldn't like someone who it bombing my country. So yes their dislike is legitimate.

First there's the birth certificate issue now it's the transparency.
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I don't even know is to why people pay attention to him. The guy is bummed out that he didn't get the Republican nomination and to be serious did he even think that he would get it. The guy needs to shut up and let things go. First it was birth certificate and today in the morning radio show I hear that he is going to reveal somethings about the Obama's getting a divorce back in 2000.
 
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Well RepubliKKKans (not normal people but mostly their local administrators etc ) are anti-immigrant , anti-Muslim , racists fu*ktards who tend to be more religious generally(specially the embarrassing South of US)...So I'm supporting Obama all the way!!! Democrats are better for US and the world.
 
Romney For president Pakistanis Prefer Him Most! :chilli::chilli:

Pakistanis just made Romney lose by showing support for him :D

American public will be very reluctant to make someone supported by Pakistan as their next president :lol:
 
Pakistanis just made Romney lose by showing support for him :D

American public will be very reluctant to make someone supported by Pakistan as their next president :lol:

Bibi Netanyahu already make it clear that he prefer Romney over Obama so whatchu point? Whether Romney lose its not up to Pakistani but more about his "poor people comments" & history of being a flip-flopper

This election is a lot like the Alien vs Predator movie with the Tagline saying
"Whoever win we're Fuc*ed"
 
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