World Public Opinion on US Foreign Policy and Barack Obama

COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following survey results were released today by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland:

Publics marked with an * excluded from the average for that question.

Q1-CE1b. Please tell me if you think... the United States... is playing a mainly positive or mainly negative role in the world.

            Mainly     Mainly     Depends    Neither   DK/NR
            positive   negative    (vol.)     (vol.)
    US*         80         18          0         0       2
    Russia      15         49         25         2       9

Q2-CE2b. Please tell me if you approve or disapprove of how... the United States... is dealing with the issue of climate change?

                       Approve      Disapprove     DK/NR
    US*                   45            47           8
    Russia                18            31          51

Q3-CE3b. Please tell me if you think... the United States... is or is not generally respectful of human rights.

                         Is        Is not     DK/NR
    US*                  87         13          1
    Russia               41         29         30

Q4-CE4b. Please tell me if you think... the United States... is or is not generally cooperative with other countries.

                         Is         Is not       DK/NR
    US*                  87           12            1
    Russia               47           27           26

Q5-CE5b. Please tell me if you think... the United States... does or does not use the threat of military force to gain advantages.

                           Does       Does not      DK/NR
    US*                     71           26            2
    Russia                  78            7           15

Q6-CE6a. Now I am going to read a list of political leaders from around the world. Tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs -- a lot of confidence, some confidence, Not too much confidence, or no confidence at all.

Q6a-CE6a. US President Barack Obama 2009; US President George W.