(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Britain prefer Barack Obama over John McCain, according to a poll by ICM Research published in The Guardian. 53 per cent of respondents think the Democrat would make the better president of the United States, while 11 per cent select the Republican.

McCain has become the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee in 2008, while Obama clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination on Jun. 3.

Earlier this month, Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod discussed the candidate’s upcoming overseas trip—which will include a visit to Britain—saying, "It’s an opportunity for him to sit down with the international leaders with whom he would have to work as president of the United States, and discuss some of the issues."

U.S. president George W. Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The U.S. presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 4.

Polling Data

You may have seen or heard that John McCain and Barack Obama are set to be the candidates in the American presidential elections which will take place in November. As far as you are aware, which one of them do you think would make the better president of the United States?

Source: ICM Research / The Guardian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,009 British adults, conducted on Jul. 9 and Jul. 10, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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