The overall conclusion is the same - people in other nations perfer Kerry by wide margins. What I though was interesting were the places where Bush had support, and the reasons for it.
For all the rancor against Bush, he does draw strong support in some parts of the world. He has backers in Israel, for instance, thanks to a strong pro-Israel policy. A recent opinion poll by the Maariv newspaper found that 48 percent of respondents in Israel supported Bush and 29 percent backed Kerry. Bush also has a good reputation in the affluent Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore, whose government largely shares Bush's fears of Islamic extremism.
In East Asia and India, areas that are benefiting from the expansion of world trade, many people view Kerry warily because of criticisms during his campaign of the exporting of American jobs.
One other place where Bush appears somewhat popular is Sudan, particularly in the Darfur region.
Some Sudanese say they wish his interventionist policies would extend to their country. "We could use a regime change," said Halima Huessin, a Sudanese aid worker in Darfur, as she looked out over a gaggle of children covered in flies and men sleeping in thatched huts.
I thought there were plenty of other interesting tidbits in the rather long column. Here's the link again:
Kerry Is Widely Favored Abroad (washingtonpost.com)
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