Around the world, President’s Barack Obama is far less popular than when he was first elected four years ago but the public in most surveyed nations – with the notable exception of several Muslim-majority societies – hope he will be re-elected.
Mr. Obama’s approval has dropped most sharply in China and Mexico but remains strong in many European countries, the Pew Research Trust concludes after one of its periodic surveys of global attitudes. The polls in 20 countries (Canada isn’t among them) allow Pew to track changes in attitudes over time.
In most, strong majorities hope Mr. Obama will be re-elected for a second term in this November’s elections. Not so in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, where majorities are opposed to another four years of Mr. Obama in the White House. In several other majority-Muslim nations, including Pakistan and Turkey, most respondents are also opposed to Mr. Obama’s re-election. So, too, are slimmer majorities in China and Russia.
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