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Topics At A Glance: Europe

Rating the Countries in Europe

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(Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries.) What is your overall opinion of...France? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?
Gallup Poll, [Feb, 2012]




(Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries.) What is your overall opinion of...Germany? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?
Gallup Poll, [Feb, 2012]




(Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries.) What is your overall opinion of...Great Britain? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?
Gallup Poll, [Feb, 2012]



Rating European Leaders

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We'd like to get your overall opinion of some members of the British royal family. For each of the following people please say whether your opinion is favorable, not favorable, undecided, or whether you haven't heard enough about him or her yet to have an opinion....How about Prince Charles?
CBS News/New York Times Poll, [May, 2011]




(We'd like to get your overall opinion of some members of the British royal family. For each of the following people please say whether your opinion is favorable, not favorable, undecided, or whether you haven't heard enough about him or her yet to have an opinion.)...How about Prince Charles' wife Camilla?
CBS News/New York Times Poll, [May, 2011]




We'd like to get your overall opinion of some members of the British royal family. For each of the following people please say whether your opinion is favorable, not favorable, undecided, or whether you haven't heard enough about him or her yet to have an opinion. How about...Prince Charles?
CBS News Poll, [Apr, 2011]



European Countries Allies or Enemies

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For each of the following countries, please say whether you consider it an ally of the United States, friendly, but not an ally, unfriendly, or an enemy of the United States....Great Britain
Note: Asked of Form B half sample
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, [May, 2011]




(For each of the following countries, please say whether you consider it an ally of the United States, friendly, but not an ally, unfriendly, or an enemy of the United States.)...France
Note: Asked of Form B half sample
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, [May, 2011]




If you had to choose, which of the following countries do you think is the most valuable ally for the United States--Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Japan or Germany?
Gallup Poll, [Feb, 2009]



European Union

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(I would now like to ask your impressions of some specific countries. Please tell me if you think each of the following countries is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world.)...The European Union
Note: Asked of half sample
PIPA/BBC World Service Poll, [Dec, 2011]




Please tell me if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of...the European Union.
Pew Global Attitudes Project Poll, [Mar, 2011]




Today, which one of the following do you think is the world's leading economic power?...The United States, China, Japan, the countries of the European Union
Pew Global Attitudes Project Poll, [Mar, 2011]



NATO

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As you may know, air strikes and missile attacks against military targets in Libya have been launched by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the military alliance that includes the US (United States) and several Western countries. The US is no longer directly attacking targets in Libya but it is providing military support to the NATO forces that are conducting those attacks. Do you favor or oppose the United States being a part of that military action?
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, [Apr, 2011]




(As you may know, air strikes and missile attacks against military targets in Libya have been launched by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the military alliance that includes the US (United States) and several Western countries. The US is no longer directly attacking targets in Libya but it is providing military support to the NATO forces that are conducting those attacks. Do you favor or oppose the United States being a part of that military action?) (If Oppose, ask:) Generally speaking, do you oppose that because you think the US should increase its military involvement in Libya or because you think the US should decrease its military involvement in Libya?
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, [Apr, 2011]




If the current NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air and missile strikes are not effective in achieving the United States' objectives in Libya, would you favor or oppose President (Barack) Obama sending US ground troops into the region along with troops from other NATO countries?
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, [Apr, 2011]



From the Archives


Do you think Congress should make changes in the Neutrality Law so that England and France, or any other nations, can buy war materials, including arms and airplanes, in the United States?
Note: Asked of Form B half sample
Gallup Poll (AIPO), [Oct, 1939]




Do you think that any of (Adolph) Hitler's ideas were right?
Gallup Poll, [Apr, 1947]




Some people say that NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is still essential to our country's security. Others say it is no longer essential. Which of these views is closer to your own?
Note: See note
Worldviews 2002 Survey, [Jun, 2002]



Presidential Approval Ratings

Presidential Approval Ratings

Compare current trends to other presidents as far back as Roosevelt and Truman.


Most Important Problem Facing the Country

Economy/Jobs
Blue bar 48%
Other
Blue bar 24%
Health care
Blue bar 5%
Budget deficit/National debt
Blue bar 5%
Moral values/Family values
Blue bar 3%

Note: Top specific responses only shown.
CBS News/New York Times Poll, [Apr, 2012]
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Today's Number
12%
answered very closely when asked "(As I read a list of some stories covered by news organizations this past week, please tell me if you happened to follow each news story very closely, fairly closely, not too closely, or not at all closely.)...Efforts to deal with the debt crisis in Greece and other European countries...(If Necessary, ask:) Did you follow...efforts to deal with the debt crisis in Greece and other European countries very closely, fairly closely, not too closely or not at all closely?"
Pew Weekly News Interest Index Poll, [Oct, 2011]


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