International opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election
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This article lists several international opinion polls taken in various countries around the world during 2008. The polls measured support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Country | Candidates | YouGov/ Daily Telegraph May 27-29[1] |
Reader's Digest/ Synovate Omnibus June 2-July 7[2] |
BBC/GlobeScan July 28-Aug 27[3] |
Gallup May-Oct[4] |
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Argentina | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 31% 6% |
Armenia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 43% 10% |
Australia | Obama McCain |
- | 76% 10% |
67% 13% |
64% 14% |
Austria | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 58% 10% |
Bangladesh | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 19% 8% |
Belgium | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 64% 6% |
Benin | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 20% 2% |
Bolivia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 30% 8% |
Botswana | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 62% 6% |
Brazil | Obama McCain |
- | 78% 11% |
51% 8% |
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Burkina Faso | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 50% 7% |
Burundi | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 61% 8% |
Cambodia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 4% 9% |
Cameroon | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 44% 7% |
Canada | Obama McCain |
- | 64% 14% |
66% 14% |
67% 22% |
Chile | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 43% 9% |
China | Obama McCain |
- | - | 35% 15% |
12% 5% |
Colombia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 38% 16% |
Costa Rica | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 44% 9% |
Denmark | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 69% 8% |
Egypt | Obama McCain |
- | - | 26% 13% |
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El Salvador | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 24% 14% |
Estonia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 22% 17% |
Ethiopia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 76% 6% |
Finland | Obama McCain |
- | 71% 13% |
- | 54% 14% |
France | Obama McCain |
65% 8% |
75% 10% |
69% 6% |
64% 4% |
Georgia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 15% 23% |
Germany | Obama McCain |
67% 6% |
61% 26% |
65% 7% |
62% 10% |
Ghana | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 31% 13% |
Guatemala | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 27% 11% |
Honduras | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 27% 9% |
India | Obama McCain |
- | 85% 7% |
24% 15% |
7% 2% |
Indonesia | Obama McCain |
- | 67% 17% |
46% 11% |
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Ireland | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 67% 19% |
Italy | Obama McCain |
70% 15% |
- | 76% 12% |
56% 6% |
Japan | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 66% 15% |
Kenya | Obama McCain |
- | - | 87% 5% |
89% 3% |
Kuwait (nationals) | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 32% 12% |
Laos | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 24% 25% |
Latvia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 23% 15% |
Lebanon | Obama McCain |
- | - | 39% 27% |
45% 18% |
Liberia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 45% 27% |
Lithuania | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 13% 13% |
Madagascar | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 47% 28% |
Mali | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 70% 16% |
Mauritania | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 68% 3% |
Mexico | Obama McCain |
- | 70% 25% |
54% 16% |
27% 9% |
Netherlands | Obama McCain |
- | 92% 8% |
- | 74% 10% |
Nicaragua | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 23% 7% |
Nigeria | Obama McCain |
- | - | 66% 11% |
23% 11% |
Norway | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 71% 13% |
Pakistan | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 5% 5% |
Palestine | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 33% 11% |
Panama | Obama McCain |
- | - | 43% 15% |
35% 10% |
Paraguay | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 26% 11% |
Peru | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 31% 11% |
Philippines | Obama McCain |
- | - | 46% 22% |
20% 28% |
Poland | Obama McCain |
- | 65% 19% |
38% 13% |
43% 24% |
Russia | Obama McCain |
31% 24% |
52% 17% |
18% 7% |
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Rwanda | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 57% 12% |
Saudi Arabia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 50% 19% |
Senegal | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 54% 15% |
Sierra Leone | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 68% 18% |
Singapore | Obama McCain |
- | - | 29% 7% |
21% 11% |
South Africa | Obama McCain |
- | 70% 26% |
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South Korea | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 50% 24% |
Spain | Obama McCain |
- | 76% 13% |
- | 49% 6% |
Sweden | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 64% 6% |
Taiwan | Obama McCain |
- | 81% 6% |
- | - |
Tanzania | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 76% 9% |
Togo | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 38% 6% |
Turkey | Obama McCain |
- | - | 26% 11% |
22% 8% |
UAE | Obama McCain |
- | - | 46% 13% |
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Uganda | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 85% 8% |
UK | Obama McCain |
49% 14% |
70% 14% |
59% 9% |
60% 15% |
Uruguay | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 39% 7% |
Zambia | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 47% 12% |
Zimbabwe | Obama McCain |
- | - | - | 41% 15% |
Referencess
- ^ Blair, David (2008-06-03). "Barack Obama beats John McCain in European vote: US election 20". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-11-06. See also spreadsheet of results [1] (xls).
- ^ "The Global Presidential Poll". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 2008-11-06. See also methodology[2].
- ^ "All Countries in BBC Poll Prefer Obama to McCain" (PDF). BBC World Service. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^ "World Citizens Prefer Obama to McCain by More Than 3-to-1". Gallup. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-11-06. See also methodology [3].