9 Countries Polled On Attitude Of Bush Plans To Promote Democracy

along with their attitudes of American products.
By The Associated Press

Results of Associated Press polls in nine countries on public attitudes about President Bush's plan to promote democracy and attitudes about U.S. products sold in their country.

The AP polls were conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm, in Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Spain and the United States.

The AP-Ipsos polls of about 1,000 adults in each of the countries were taken between Feb. 9-17 and each has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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Summaries of public attitudes about President Bush's plan to promote democracy and United States products sold in their country.

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BRITAIN: Two-thirds in Britain don't think the United States should take the role of spreading democracy. A majority, 56 percent, say they would not prefer to buy U.S. goods if the price and quality were equal, which is down slightly from 65 percent who felt that way three years ago. By a 2-1 margin, Britons disagree that U.S. products are more expensive, while people were evenly split on that question three years ago.

CANADA: By almost a 3-1 margin, Canadians don't think the United States should be trying to spread democracy and end tyranny. And by a 4-1 margin, Canadians do not prefer to buy American goods instead of other available goods if the price and quality are the same. A majority say they do not think American goods are more expensive, and by a 2-1 margin, they disagree that "American products are not worth the money."

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