The rest of the world wants Obama as President

Public image is very important in today's global economy and safety. I'm not saying we should choose a president based on another country's wants, but based on who is going to make the most positive change domestically, by improving our status internationally. We can only benefit from having good foreign affairs, as it will strengthen our economy and give us real assurance of safety, unlike the illusion that the Homeland Security gives us.

France.

I say give the people what they want.

For a democracy, it is a bizarrely undemocratic way of electing people.

I'm in panama and the citizen have been told Obama is radical and they should be concerned about him. I promptly correct them.

This is awesome i hope the people in the U.S. take notice of this! But it does worry me to see 59% Obama and 60% McCain.

With good reason! :)

I'm happy about this little tidbit...

I know we're all preparing for this "change" that Barack Obama speaks of...but really, I'm most excited at the prospect of Barack Obama in general; he IS the change; like Ghandi once put it, "be the change you want to see in this world". Barack Obama exemplifies this mantra with finesse and swagger. It's exciting. I hope "good" comes of his presidency - IF he's elected as such. Here's hoping!

Well i can confirm this for the Netherlands as well. We are also fighting your wars (Afghanistan) and it's costing its toll. People are wondering why you got us into this war in the first place, and we don't easily forget Bush's "You're either with us or against us" remark.

McCain sounds quite the same as Bush, while Obama seems to be something totally different. He seems to be more out for world peace instead of world war 3.

Of course there are people here that support McCain, but i haven't met many of them.

I am very happy that the world takes an active part in lending there voices to this important election,because if you don't watch closely the same thing that happened in 2000 and 2004 might just happen again.

I think it's troubling that most of the world can see something so completely obvious and yet many of us are still struggling to figure it out.

We've had seven and a half years of tough talk and failed policies from the GOP and we're actually considering 4 more years of being led by the same party. From the outside looking in, it must look like we are truly driven by flushing this country down the drain.

These issues are so very, very, important as the changing world seems to get smaller. Even if elected, grampa McCain and his 'Antiques Roadshow' will not succeed because it is so old school and passe. It is so very unfortunate that Bush has really ruined our images and relations abroad and hopefully they can be repaired over time. In my opinon, I feel that Obama offers this positive hope and perhaps the words will turn into action soon...

So maybe he should run for King of the World. To put so much attention on any one man to me is ridiculous. And again, more polls. Did they poll every person in every country? How does this do anything to further debate on issues? I guess his supporters don't really want that discussion so they continue to post polls to dazzle people with.... Same old same old.
Oh, and Mako24... we have had more than "failed policies" in the last eight years... we have had Treason and it isn't over yet. However, Obama doesn't think impeachment is warranted. Why not? And these people in other countries don't even know Obama's policies. Heck, the American people don't really know that much about him either... so what was this poll based on? His looks? His speeches? His knuckle bumps with his wife? Like I said, same old same old. And that goes for McCain too.

wow such harsh words and a way to negative way to look at life or the American government to say the least. Let me start of by saying that I am not advocating for either candidate. having said that I don't get all those people who say that Obama's policies are somehow a mystery. or Mcain's for that matter. If you listened to both candidate you would have an idea of where they stand in a lot of the issues. IF you took the time to look at their voting records (which last i checked was publicly accessible to anyone with a computer and or a phone ) you would know where they stand in issues.Also go beyond their policies and fact check what they say and voted for. check if their policies will harm or hurt America. But in politics or in anything for that matter past success or failures does not guarantee future successes or failures. that is to say that no amount of experience or lack of it will determine how well you run a country. because the issues you deal with as a senator are minuscule compared to the issues you deal with as a president. As for the world community, sure they didn't poll everyone it kinda impossible to do considering the magnitude. the world community is either afraid or impressed by either candidate based upon thier media perspective of the elections. both candidates actually get called out upon their policies more so than any media in America does. so they do kinda have dare i say more knowledge of where our candidates stand than we do. also hope and faith are powerful words for the world community. Obama has an upper hand on mcain on the global sphere because he offers words of hope and to America they are just words but to the world hope is a powerful concept. the fact that he is not white helps him a lot. he looks more like "them" .

I've said it before and I know I'll get flamed, but I really couldn't care less what other countrys want. Will they stop taking our foreign aid? No. Will they stop asking us for help and protection? No. As someone said before, what's good for them is not neccesarily best for us.

Half of America wants Obama. The rest of the world wants Obama. Why not? Seems to be best for the majority... or has majority rules also been eliminated?

John a there was a time when I could agree with you on that but because of globalization , America and Americans cannot afford to ignore the world. case and point. if the world decides to make the euros for example as the international trading currency then we would be in some serious trouble. if the world decides to trade more with Asia than does America we are in serious trouble. because of the global economy American companies did not go bankrupt. banks in particular. Another thing thats affecting us all right now is the rise in oil prices because of the rise of economic power of the world economy. for at least 20 years America could do anything they want now the world community is fast realizing that they can stand on their own in most issues. lastly ,last i checked we had the right to say no to giving foreign aid and no country in at least 10 years has ever asked for Americas help to protect them .except Israel of course. they only need us for strategic reasons only not militarily.

What good is power, if no one likes or respects you?

I have no delusions that Obama is the cure all. The world is watching, whether or not you think their opinion matters. Funny, we needed "them" for this war didn't we?
This them and us mentality is what got us here today. I'm not looking to Obama to change things. He can't. He's just a man. That's not why I'm voting for him. I plan to be able to take care of 'myself' under any administration. I'm voting for him because having to chose between a woman and a black man in my lifetime, whose ideals somewhat mirror mine is change in itself.

i think the world should be very concerned about this election because it seems like one of the most important in history in terms of the stability of the world. i believe that if McCain is elected it will almost certainly lead to full scale war with Iran which will almost certainly lead into world war III which would also probably lead to nuclear holocaust

Oh, I know full well where McCain and Obama stand:

With AIPAC and the continued status quo. With not impeaching Bush and holding his traitors accountable. With coal and nuclear companies that pollute and poison this planet. Obama wouldn't be the pick if he didn't stand with the Military Industrial Complex as they all have to. Do you all also seriously believe that Bush and his minions are just going to go away after all they have worked to ruin? We still have seven months for them to push the button on Iran, and Obama says NOTHING about that. All we get are fancy polls and esoteric discussion. And I truly believe that anyone who follows Bush will have to be someone who goes along even a little, and I think anyone who thinks differently is not looking at the big picture realistically. And Obama is not the best we could have had in my opinion, and I don't have to conform to the supposed majority... This is still a "democracy", or is it? As I stated previously, I have nothing to base trust in him on. When I see that I'll change my opinion accordingly, but I'm just not going to cheerlead because everyone else does.

It is a world based upon incentives. The people of the world understand how dangerous it is to our survival if another old rich white man takes the oval office. A minority in the white house? Hooray!

Vote Obama!

Who cares what the rest of the world wants, it shouldn't be a popularity contest anyway. Of course they want the candidate that will make our nation weaker. Obama would be the absolute worst president this nation has ever had. He will be a bigger disgrace than Bill Clinton was. He will take away our 2nd amendment rights, authorize the killing of more unborn babies, and make our nation even more politically correct and socialistic than it already is. He is nothing, but a weakling who can speak well.

okay...and?
This isn't Prom or American Idol, this isn't a popularity contest. It's a nomination for one of the strongest titles in the world, which can make us or break us. Dont vote for him if you dont even know where he stands on.

I agree with JanforGore, though I tend to give Obama a ton of policy slack FOR NOW based on his POTENTIAL to inspire a broad base of people to get off their asses and work to better themselves -- and thus the country -- more than any politician that I've seen in my lifetime.

And while we shouldn't let the opinions of foreign survey respondents affect our voting choices directly, there is no doubt that our President is "the face" of our country to the world, and to the degree that having "a nice face" (perceived and/or real) gives a would-be President Obama the slack he needs to sort out his policies and positions, then I guess it's good to know how the perception shakes out, at least according to one random poll. A would-be President McCain would have no such slack, and that keeps the global pressure at such a high level that any mistake (perceived and/or real) that he makes could incite fairly severe backlash domestically and globally.

its nothing to do with mccain himself and more so that he is a republican. the world loves democrats in power in the US because they know the US doesn't do squat, we become a secondary UN