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| A new global poll compiled by Austrian research company Triconsult right before the U.S. election (October/November 2008) provides some interesting data. It is essentially another confirmation of America's declined global image and the high hopes for President-elect Barack Obama. Here's a quick snapshot: -Western Europeans (Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Finland) think that the U.S. will pay more attention to human rights under President Barack Obama and that America's image abroad will improve. -Western Europeans believe Americans are more conservative and traditional than Europeans. -In every country polled, a majority of people think poverty in the U.S. will tend to decline under Obama rather than increase. Americans also are of that opinion, but to a lesser extent than all the other countries. -In every country but Russia people are convinced that environmental issues in the U.S. will improve under President Obama. -Every country has higher hopes than the U.S. that the chances for world peace will improve under Obama. However, even in the U.S., more people agree rather than disagree with that view. -A large majority (90 percent) of Western Europeans (75 percent of Americans) think that tensions between Muslims and Christians will remain the same or decrease. -Three out of ten Americans think that the threat of terrorism will increase. Only one out of ten Western Europeans is of that opinion. -Only in Turkey and Georgia do more people believe that America's influence in the world has increased. All other countries see the opposite. You can get all the details and figures, as well as a lot more fascinating polling factoids here (in German). |
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