http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHOm7NhCtZrRdaWlTW22SHv7cu-AD93Polls in 8 countries show wide Obama support
By GREGORY KATZ – 2 hours ago
LONDON (AP) — If the world beyond America's shores had a say, it seems clear that Barack Obama would win the presidential election by something approaching a landslide.
That is the key finding of a coordinated series of newspaper polls conducted in eight countries and published Friday in Britain's Guardian and other papers.
It is no surprise Obama, the Democratic nominee, is popular in Europe — that was clear when he drew tumultuous crowds to his open-air speech in Berlin this summer —
but the scope of the lead suggested by the polls is startling.In Switzerland, for example, Obama has 83 percent support to John McCain's 7 percent; in Britain, 64 percent to McCain's 15 percent, and in France, 69 percent to McCain's 5 percent. The closest they get is in Poland, where Obama has 43 percent and McCain 26 percent.
"The results tell you there is a really strong global desire for change in America, at least in the countries where we polled," said Julian Glover, The Guardian's polls reporter.
"There's not a lot of support for McCain anywhere."SECMO0