Wednesday, 10 September 2008
All 22 countries in a BBC World Service poll would prefer Democratic nominee Barack Obama to be US president, ahead of his Republican rival John McCain.
Mr Obama was favoured by a four-to-one margin across the 22,500 people polled.
In 17 of the 22 countries surveyed the most common view was that America’s relations with the rest of the world would improve under a President Obama.
If Mr McCain were elected, the most common view in 19 countries was that relations would remain about the same.
The poll was conducted before the Democratic and Republican parties held their conventions and before the headline-grabbing nomination of Sarah Palin as Mr McCain’s running mate. Read More.
Cover Photo: Democratic Presidential Nominee, Senator Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at Mott Community College Regional Technology Center in Flint, MI on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. (David Katz/Obama for America)