As I mentioned last week, the Pew Global Attitudes Project released a new global poll on a variety of issues. Most useful for our purposes is the poll's findings on global views of the US and US Presidential candidates.
Here's a brief summary of their findings on these two issues:
“Favorable views of the United States have increased modestly since 2007 in 10 of 21 countries where comparative data are available. Perhaps more importantly, the polling finds many people around the world paying close attention to the U.S. presidential election. Moreover, except in countries that are extremely anti-American , those who are paying attention generally believe the next president may well change U.S. foreign policy for the better. In nearly every country surveyed, greater numbers express confidence in presidential candidate Barack Obama than in John McCain”.
Last week the Washington, DC-based think tank the New America Foundation hosted a Pew representative for a discussion of these findings. To view this discussion, which includes commentary from National Journal columnist Bruce Stokes, click below:
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