20 out of 21 countries want obama to be re-elected as President
London: According to an international survey by BBC World Service, Obama is preferred to Romney in 20 of the 21 countries with Pakistan the only country where more people favoured the Republican for an election.
The poll comes just two weeks ahead of the US presidential election and while Americans appear to be sharply divided in their choice, the people across the world give a thumping endorsement to the incumbent.
A total of 21,797 people were polled for the survey conducted by GlobeScan/PIPA between July 3 and September 3.
France, where 72 per cent of those surveyed favoured the President against 2 per cent for Romney, emerged as the most pro-Obama nation.
On the other hand, Pakistan where 14 per cent wanted to see Romney elected compared to 11 per cent for Obama was the only country polled that preferred the Republican.
The poll indicates that Obama’s foreign policy is seen favourably by most countries of the world over that of the previous Republican dispensations.
In India, 36 per cent of people polled preferred Obama against 12 per cent for Romney. Compared to four years ago, support for Obama went up in seven of the 15 countries, including India, that were polled this time as well as in 2008.
France, Brazil, the UK, Panama, Indonesia, India, and Turkey, saw a rise in support for Obama after his presidency while four countries Kenya, Mexico, Poland, and China saw a
drop.
“While the presidential race in America looks like going down to the wire, global public opinion appears to be firmly behind Barack Obama’s re-election even if two in five express no preference between the two candidates,” said GlobeScan Director of Global Insights Sam Mountford.
The other countries that were heavily in Obama’s favour were Australia (67 percent), Canada (66 percent), Nigeria (66 percent), and the UK (65 percent).
