U.S. Image Abroad Improved Sharply Under Obama

Apr 21st, 2010 | By | Category: President Obama

A new BBC poll shows that the rest of the world is viewing the U.S. much more favorably since Barack Obama became president.  Under George Bush Russia and China had better positive ratings from the rest of the world than the U.S.  Now 40% of those polled had a positive view of the U.S., up from 28% when George Bush was president.  The EU had the highest positive ratings with 52%, followed by the UK (51%), the U.S. (40%), China (34%), Russia (30%), then Iran (15%).  Around 30,000 people were polled in 28 countries for the results.

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