(CPOD) Apr. 8, 2003 – Most Hispanic Americans are backing the war in Iraq, according to a poll by Bendixen & Associates for the Pew Hispanic Center. 61 per cent of respondents say they support the military campaign, compared to 27 per cent who oppose it. Approval for the conflict jumps to 75 per cent when only Hispanics born in the United States are tallied.
(CPOD) Apr. 8, 2003 – Support for the conflict in Iraq has grown in California, according to a poll by Field. 55 per cent of respondents in the most populous American state strongly support military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein.
(CPOD) Apr. 8, 2003 – While a majority of French citizens oppose the United States-led military campaign in Iraq, most want the coalition to triumph, according to a poll by BVA released by LCI and Paris Match. 81 per cent of respondents oppose the war in Iraq, but 52 per cent are hoping for Saddam Hussein’s regime to be defeated.
(CPOD) Apr. 7, 2003 – Many Americans continue to support the war in Iraq, but have different views on how to deal with other world trouble spots, according to a poll by the Los Angeles Times. 77 per cent of respondents back the military campaign to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime.
(CPOD) Apr. 7, 2003 – Many citizens of Central America—an area of the world that endured civil war and violence for most of the 1980s—are against the current military campaign in Iraq, according to a poll by Demoscopia published in Siglo XXI. More than 80 per cent of respondents in Guatemala and Nicaragua are against the war, as well as 60.7 per cent of Costa Ricans.
(CPOD) Apr. 1, 2003 – Tony Blair’s approval rating in Britain appears to be on the rise, despite the controversy over his backing of the United States-led campaign in Iraq, according to a poll by MORI. 43 per cent of respondents are “satisfied” with the job the prime minister is doing, his best numbers since June 2002.
If Americans need a quick out from Iraq after the war, they will learn the value of Canadian friendship.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun This past week was punctuated by two shock-and-awe events in the world of public opinion: one in Iraq and the other at a posh Toronto luncheon club.
Canada can liaise between U.S. and its erstwhile friends.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun What will Canada lose and what can it hope to gain as a result of prime minister Jean Chrétien’s decision not to join president George W. Bush’s “coalition of the willing” backing the invasion of Iraq? Business groups in France and Germany are already nervous about what they see as a backlash building in the United States against their products—including the $7 billion
