Result of several international Polls on "How the World views the USA".

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Friday October 15, 2004 12:48

by iosaf

published today in The Guardian.

The polls were carried out in the following countries-
Canada, France, UK, Russia, Spain, Israel,
Japan, Australia, Mexico and South Korea.

The results signal 80% of the known universe favour Kerry over Bush (of course)

As such they don't account for everyone who lives in the world, and only a very small sample of approximately 10,000 adults who were asked a series of questions.

by the following entities:-
La Presse (Canada)
Pollster: CROP
Telephone interviews from September 16 to October 4 2004
Sample: 1,000
Margin of error: 3%

Le Monde (France)
Pollster: Sofres
Telephone interviews on September 28 and 29 2004
Sample: 1,000
Margin of error: 3%

Guardian (United Kingdom)
Pollster: ICM Research Ltd
Telephone interviews on September 22 and 23 2004
Sample: 1,008
Margin of error: 3%

El País (Spain)
Pollster: Instituto Opina
Telephone interviews on October 1 2004
Sample: 800
Margin of error: 3,5%

Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
Pollster: Asahi Shimbun
Telephone interviews on October 2 and 3 2004
Sample: 1,000
Margin of error: 3%

JoongAng Ilbo (South Korea)
Pollster: Joong Ang Ilbo
Telephone interviews on October 4 and 5 2004
Sample: 1,028
Margin of error: 3,1%

Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age (Australia)
Pollster: AC Nielsen
Telephone interviews from September 21 to September 23 2004
Sample: 1,417
Margin of error: 2,6%

Reforma (Mexico)
Pollster: Reforma Department of Survey Research
Telephone interviews on September 25 2004
Sample: 850
Margin of error: 3,4%

Ha'aretz (Israel)
Pollster: Dialog
Telephone interviews on September 22 and 23 2004
Sample: 522
Margin of error: 4,38%

Moscow News (Russia)
Pollster: MN-Media Service
Telephone interviews from September 3 to September 10 2004
Sample: 1,050
Margin of error: 3%

The results may be read at the link-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/viewsofamerica/table/0,15223,1327308,00.html