Kerry Poll Rank Lower Than Dukakis, Jesse Jackson, Martha Stewart, Putin

[MonsterMark]

KERRY POLL RANK LOWER THAN DUKAKIS, JESSE JACKSON, MARTHA STEWART, PUTIN
Tue Sep 14 2004 12:06:00 ET

In last week's WASHINGTONPOSTWABCNEWS Poll, John F. Kerry was viewed favorably by 36 percent of registered voters, down 18 points over the past six months.

But just how low Kerry's standing has fallen cannot be appreciated fully without comparing his standing with that of other household names in GALLUP polls over the years, the POST's Dana Milbank reported on Tuesday.

Kerry finds himself in a dead heat with Martha Stewart and Joseph McCarthy, and behind Herbert Hoover -- although he narrowly beats O.J. Simpson.

Michael Jordan: 83 (2000)

Tony Blair: 76 (2003)

Pope John Paul II: 73 (2003)

Democratic Party: 54 (2004)

John Ashcroft: 49 (2003)

Michael Dukakis: 47 (1988)

Prince Charles: 45 (2003)

Herbert Hoover: 43 (1944)

Jesse Jackson: 38 (2003)

Vladimir Putin: 38 (2003)

John Kerry: 36 (2004)

Martha Stewart: 36 (2004)

Joseph McCarthy: 35 (1954)

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[Punisher]

speaking of low poll ranking

This is how the rest of the world views Bush.

Only three countries preferred Bush - Poland, Nigeria and the Philippines. In two others, India and Thailand, the public was split 50-50. But in Western Europe, America's traditional allies, only 10 per cent of Germans backed Bush. In France, it was 5 per cent. I cannot recall any other American Presidential election where world opinion was so one-sided.

Just what has convinced most of the world's population to jump on the ABB (Anyone But Bush) bandwagon? Ivor Daalder, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, says it's "the natural outcome of the kind of foreign policies the president has pursued. He deliberately and willfully ignored taking into account the perspectives and interests of other countries."

Most observers think the overwhelming preference for Kerry is primarily a reaction to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. Another poll, of the United States and 10 European countries, seems to confirm this. Transatlantic Trends 2004, carried out by the German Marshall Fund of the US and an Italian think tank, shows the sharp division between Americans and Europeans on the use of force. Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

This is how the rest of the world views Bush.

Only three countries preferred Bush - Poland, Nigeria and the Philippines. In two others, India and Thailand, the public was split 50-50. But in Western Europe, America's traditional allies, only 10 per cent of Germans backed Bush. In France, it was 5 per cent. I cannot recall any other American Presidential election where world opinion was so one-sided.

Just what has convinced most of the world's population to jump on the ABB (Anyone But Bush) bandwagon? Ivor Daalder, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, says it's "the natural outcome of the kind of foreign policies the president has pursued. He deliberately and willfully ignored taking into account the perspectives and interests of other countries."

Most observers think the overwhelming preference for Kerry is primarily a reaction to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. Another poll, of the United States and 10 European countries, seems to confirm this. Transatlantic Trends 2004, carried out by the German Marshall Fund of the US and an Italian think tank, shows the sharp division between Americans and Europeans on the use of force. Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree.

THIS is really a sad statement about the US society. I guess the "history lesson of the US" showing the relationship between the NRA and the KKK still holds true today. It also explains Bush's current lead in the polls. Hopefully more of us "dumb Americans" will wake up in the coming weeks.

 

[MonsterMark]

THIS is really a sad statement about the US society. I guess the "history lesson of the US" showing the relationship between the NRA and the KKK still holds true today. It also explains Bush's current lead in the polls. Hopefully more of us "dumb Americans" will wake up in the coming weeks.

"Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree."


Too bad isn't it that all of Europe (except Britain) is not speaking German today. Based on that poll, Europe is filled with French pussies.

 

[Kbob]

That's why I'm glad only US citizens can vote for the president, and not someone who watches from afar. If those pacifists in Germany had their way, the US would have been out of Germany in the 70's, which would have prolonged the life of the USSR and possibly lost us the Cold War. And never mind that France was getting that Iraqi oil and selling them weapons.

 

[Kbob]

Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree.

Now I'm going to pick apart this poll result. Where did you get this story from, Punisher? What was the question exactly? Were they asking if the use of force was the best way to ensure peace in dealing with Iraq or just in general? I bet it's got to do with one specific instance and not a generality. We're at peace with Canada, so should we use force to ensure that peace? No, force is used when the peace is gone.