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If global opinion polls counted, US President George W. Bush would be voted out of office. In Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Japan, Spain, South Korea and Mexico,?a majority of?respondents?to an international?survey on?attitudes towards the US?said they hope to see Democrat John Kerry beat President George W. Bush in next month's US presidential election. Sixty per cent of British voters say they don't like Bush, rising to a startling 77% among those under 25. The rejection of Mr Bush is strongest in France where 72% say they would back Mr Kerry. The only exceptions to this trend are the Israelis - who back Bush 2-1 over Kerry- and the Russians who, despite their traditional anti-Americanism, recorded unexpectedly favourable attitudes towards Bush in the survey conducted in the immediate aftermath of the Beslan tragedy.
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