July 09, 2008

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The vast majority of people in Germany would like to see Barack Obama win this year’s presidential election in the United States, according to a poll by Emnid published in Bild am Sonntag. 72 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate if they could cast a ballot, while 11 per cent would back Republican John McCain instead.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The vast majority of people in Germany would like to see Barack Obama win this year’s presidential election in the United States, according to a poll by Emnid published in Bild am Sonntag. 72 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate if they could cast a ballot, while 11 per cent would back Republican John McCain instead.

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

Obama is expected to visit Germany and give a speech in Berlin’s historical Brandenburg Gate on Jul. 24. Yesterday, Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit confirmed that the Democratic candidate will be able to deliver his talk on the site, saying, "The mayor would be pleased if he used the occasion of a visit to the Brandenburg Gate to convey a message."

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

If you could, who would you vote for in the United States presidential election?

Barack Obama (D)	72%
John McCain (R)	11%
Other / Not sure	17%

Source: Emnid / Bild am Sonntag
Methodology: Interviews with 501 German adults, conducted on Jul. 3, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.