[lbo-talk] a British poll on the U.S. election

[Doug Henwood]

[You poll haters will really hate this one!]

In a poll of 962 British adults interviewed 29-31 October 2004, asked
"If you had a vote in the American Presidential election to be held on
Tuesday, would you vote for the Republican candidate, George W. Bush,
the Democratic candidate John Kerry, a third candidate, Ralph Nader, or
some other candidate?"

Bush                             21%
Kerry                            45%
Nader                             2%
Other                             6%
Would not vote                   13%
Kon't know                       13%

Kerry lead over Bush             24%

A second question asked:

"How important is it to you personally who wins the American
Presidential election?"

Very important                   25%
Fairly immportant                30%
Not very important               25%
Not at all imp't                 19%
Don't know                        1%

this compares to the 2001 British General Election:

Very                             32%
Fairly                           34%
Not Very                         25%
Not at all                        8%
DK                                1%

So 55% Very/Fairly for US compares to 66% for their own country.

Source: MORI