Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008
Foreign nations overwhelmingly prefer Obama, survey finds
By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Foreigners overwhelmingly expect the next American president to change U.S. foreign policy "for the better," and have more confidence in Democrat Barack Obama than GOP candidate John McCain, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey of 24,700 people in 24 countries, conducted by the Pew Research Center, found that from Asia to Europe and the Middle East, much of the world is closely following the contest to replace President Bush.
And if foreigners had a vote in November, they would vote in a landslide for Obama.
Of the two dozen countries surveyed, publics in just two, Jordan and Pakistan, rated Obama and McCain about evenly. But in both those majority-Muslim countries, there was little confidence in either candidate.
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