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The Rest of the World Wants Kerry

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

Pentagram writes "A poll by GlobeScan Inc and the University of Maryland of 34,330 people from 35 countries found almost all of them gave a strong backing to Kerry; less than one in five backed Bush. Only people from the Phillipines, Poland and Nigeria clearly backed Bush, whereas Norway gave Kerry the strongest backing with 74% to Bush's 7%. The UK, the US's most vocal ally during the Bush-led Iraq invasion, overwhelmingly preferred Kerry at 47% to 16%."

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  1. Re:And ... ?? by pzarecta · · Score: 5, Informative
    It is a common misconception, fueled by the media, that the Spanish vote was swayed by the Madrid bombings. Fact of the matter is, a lot of Spaniards came to hate Aznar for several reasons, only one of them being that he practically licked Bush's ass. And it should also be noted that Zapatero had always intended to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, as it had been part of his campaign platform for a long time. None of this had anything to do with the bombings.

    The takeaway from the Madrid bombings is not how it swayed Spanish politics, rather how smart and media-savvy the terrorists are for making themselves appear to the rest of the world as having swayed the elections, and in the process embarrasing Bush.

  2. None of the above. by I+am+Jack's+username · · Score: 4, Informative
    Including the "neither" (undecided and other) percentage, and comparing it to the 2000 election:

    Country: Kerry, Bush, neither

    Kerry
    Germany: 74%, 10%, 16%
    Norway: 74%, 7%, 19%
    France: 64%, 5%, 31%
    Canada: 61%, 16%, 23%
    Italy: 58%, 14%, 28%
    Brazil: 57%, 14%, 29%
    Indonesia: 57%, 34%, 9%
    China: 52%, 12%, 36%

    Kerry, no mandate
    UK: 47%, 16%, 37%
    Japan: 43%, 32%, 25%

    Too close to call, no mandate
    India: 34%, 33%, 33%

    Bush
    Philippines: 32%, 57%, 11%

    Neither, no mandate
    Spain: 45%, 7%, 48%
    Mexico: 38%, 18%, 44%
    Nigeria: 33%, 27%, 40%
    Thailand: 30%, 33%, 37%
    Poland: 26%, 31%, 43%

    2000: Gore, Bush, other, none of the candidates

    None of the candidates
    USA: 22.0%**, 21.8%**, 1.7%, 54.5%*

    * Eligible voters
    ** Gore, Bush, and other's percentage support of eligible (I hope)

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