Obama 74%, McCain 12%
Apostropher writes:
Unfogged: Polls predict unprecedented Obama landslide: If we can figure out a way to hold the election in Europe, that is.
A poll in late May of five major countries -- Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia -- showed Sen. Obama getting 52% support, compared with 15% for Sen. McCain. In France, 65% favor Sen. Obama, compared with 8% for Sen. McCain, according to the poll for the United Kingdom's Daily Telegraph newspaper. Another poll published online Saturday in Belgium's Le Soir newspaper showed Belgians prefer Sen. Obama over Sen. McCain 74% to 12%. "Belgians are rooting for Obama because, let's face it, the guy knows what he's talking about, especially compared to Bush," says Stephane Mangnay, a 34-year-old house husband in Villers-la-Ville.
I am pretty sure you would get the same results in Asia, and probably anywhere in the world outside the US.
Bush is very unpopular outside the US and McCain is fairly obviously more of the same.
Posted by: Graeme Pietersz | June 09, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Completely irrelevant. Polls in Europe showed the same result in 2004 in favor of Kerry. I'm pretty sure that the results were more of the same when Reagan was president. Europeans don't like Republicans.
Posted by: ivan janssens | June 09, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Unfortunately, the endorsement of Frenchmen means nothing in America,
[Pity. If not for Lafayette, we'd be eating haggis and toasted cheese to this day...]
and it might well be an overall negative. We're going to have to do this ourselves.
Posted by: Doctor Jay | June 09, 2008 at 01:17 PM
I think this was meant to be a little joke, fellas.
Posted by: Colin Danby | June 09, 2008 at 01:43 PM
I am friends with a couple of Singapore businessmen. They are fundamentally apolitical PAP supporters - Lee Kwan Yew guys to the bone.
One of their comments was that 'The US could do with a couple of years of competent government'.
My feeling is that it's going to take a while to rebuild the brand of the Republican party with guys like my friends.
Ian Whitchurch
Posted by: Ian Whitchurch | June 09, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Not quite up to the Belgian level, but Italians are pretty sensible too
http://fantapolitica.blogspot.com/2008/06/fantapolitica-indeed-if-us-election.html
If the US election were decided by Italians, Barack Obama would win. He leads John McCain 70 % to 15 % in the latest Daily Telegraph poll of people who can't vote in the USA.
So what was it about how Obama has a problem with Catholics ?
Posted by: Robert Waldmann | June 09, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Anyone seen any polls from Ireland ?
Note I am not wondering about Kenya.
Posted by: Robert Waldmann | June 09, 2008 at 07:04 PM
Who are the 12-15%? What's up with those people!?
Posted by: dennisS | June 10, 2008 at 06:59 AM
There will be a backlash in Europe if BO doesn't make it to WH. We know his learning curve is still not up to Brads, but it'd do if Brad can find a senior job in Treasury (again!).
Posted by: hari | June 10, 2008 at 07:11 AM
hari, that is a terrible suggestion. What would become of Brad's blog if he moved back to Treasury?
Posted by: Bupa | June 10, 2008 at 08:11 AM