NPR article on the Worlds view of US's presidential candidates
It is without a doubt that this election is "neck and neck." I could not tell you how many times I have heard that phrase in the past two months...However, a recent article on the NPR website shows what some parts of the world think of our own presidential candidates, and Obama seems to have a lot of outside support from countries other than his own. A poll was taken in 21 countries through BBC World Service that showed results of each of the 21 countries.
Is this information at al shocking or interesting? Maybe this is a universal phenomena for people in their own countries to criticize their own president and not others. What do you think?
posted by Jordan Paul @ 3:50 PM
3 Comments:
I don't think it's too shocking. I am going to be honest and say that I don't know too much about the affect that the candidate's policies would have abroad, but from what I can gather, many of Obama's policies, such as universal healthcare, are more similar to how many other countries run. So that familiar view would probably appeal to people from other countries more.
I do think that you tend to be more critical of your own president then those of other countries, unless the other is very extreme in some way. It just makes sense that the president that would have a direct impact on your life would cause stronger opinions and more intricate critiques.
yes I would agree, I think that's a good point to bring up about healthcare, because I didn't notice that at first.
I agree that some of the President's issues have a lot of high standing abroad, however I think that Obama is much more of a "poster boy" and has done well to spread a positive image abroad.
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