Most respected world leaders: Obama, Dalai Lama, Clinton, Merkel

[UrbScotty]

President Barack Obama is still the world's most respected leader, according to a new six-country poll.

Released today by France 24 and Radio France Internationale, the Harris Interactive Poll asked 6,135 adults between the ages of 16 and 64 who live in the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany or Spain to name their favorite world leaders.

Seventy-seven percent of those surveyed chose Obama, which is one percentage point higher than when Harris Interactive asked the same question in November.

Close on his heels is the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, who was mentioned by 75 percent of those polled. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came in third at 62 percent, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel was mentioned by 54 percent of respondents, good enough for fourth place.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/04/23/which-leaders-rock-our-world-drumroll-please/

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. I wasn't polled, but I'll give you one guess as to who I would've chosen.

[Wait Wut]

4. Oh!!! I know! I know!!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. Alright, you caught me.

[Number23]

2. Wow. That is simply a PHENOMENAL approval number

He scored even higher than the Dalai Lama! ((shocked)) Cameron in Britain has been getting his butt handed to him since his vote to "isolate" the UK from Europe's debt woes. Merkel has been doing well lately but I'm not surprised she's behind Hillary. Everyone loves Hillary.

Seventy-seven percent of those surveyed chose Obama

Which is only slightly lower than his approval among American Dems. Wow. The president has got to be intrigued and somewhat pleased by these numbers.

[NavyDem]

3. Remember when...

We would be all giddy about how news like this would make the Freepers heads explode? I suspect we will see plenty of derision about this without leaving DU.

[Wait Wut]

5. Kinda creepy...

...to think that "democrats" (small d intentional) wouldn't be happy/proud/excited with this.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Thank you for the information!

[AtomicKitten]

8. Wow. O scores higher than the Dalai Lama.

Uh oh. This poll contradicts the meme that somebody else in the top 4 is the "most popular politician evah."

[treestar]

9. Reminds me of a poll right before the election in 2008

If the world could vote, Obama would win in a landslide. The whole world and half the US gets it - then there is the American right wing.

[jberryhill]

10. Hmmm... The guy in second place had his country taken over by the Chinese

Can we hold onto first place without that part happening?

[Number23]

11. Urb, this post is from April 2010. For some reason that escaped me

the first time I saw it because I only breezed through it. Now I see this thread again and that's the first thing that leapt out at me!