Voters Worried About America's Global Image

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-iraqpoll19aug19.story

Voters Worried About America's Global Image
Poll shows eroding support for the war and dissatisfaction with Bush's foreign policy.
By Tyler Marshall
Times Staff Writer

August 19, 2004

WASHINGTON — For the first time since the height of the Vietnam War, America's relations with the world loom as the most important issue for voters in the run-up to the November presidential election, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Although the survey found that supporters of President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry were sharply divided in their views on a range of foreign policy issues, there was no indication either candidate enjoyed a significant advantage.

"There's good news for both and also warning signs for both," said James Lindsay, vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The survey, conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in association with the Council on Foreign Relations, suggested that eroding voter support for the war in Iraq and a significant level of dissatisfaction with the Bush administration's overall conduct of foreign policy could hurt the president in November.

However, Bush scored far better on his separate handling of the war on terrorism — an issue judged by voters as more important than either the Iraq war or general foreign policy.<snip>

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1. well duh... they're just catching on now?

BushCo has been systematically trashing 'Murikas image for four years now. :grr: