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| Polls show wide Obama support globa |
| Polls in 8 countries show wide Obama support
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 18-October-2008
6:6:45 AM |
| If the world beyond America's shores had a say, it seems clear that US Senator Barack Obama would win the presidential election by something approaching a landslide.
That is the key finding of a coordinated series of newspaper polls conducted in eight countries and published today in Britain's Guardian and other papers.
It is no surprise Obama is popular in Europe - that was clear when he drew tumultuous crowds to his open-air speech in Berlin this summer - but the scope of the lead suggested by the polls is startling.
In Switzerland, for example, Obama has 83 per cent support to McCain's 7 per cent; in Britain, 64 per cent to McCain's 15 per cent, and in France, 69 per cent to McCain's 5 per cent.
The closest they get is in Poland, where Obama has 43 per cent and McCain 26 per cent.
"The results tell you there is a really strong global desire for change in America, at least in the countries where we polled," said Julian Glover, The Guardian's polls reporter.
"There's not a lot of support for McCain anywhere."
Glover said widespread unhappiness over the policies of US President George W Bush has spilled over to color the public's view of McCain.
He said the poll effort was coordinated by La Presse newspaper in Montreal with the understanding that each newspaper would conduct its own poll and share the results for publication on Saturday.
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