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Toplines - Ally, Enemy - August 20-23, 2010

Americans Still Say Canada, Great Britain Are U.S.’s Top Allies

North Korea, Iran Still Head The List of U.S. Enemies
See Crosstabs for Ally or Enemy I and II
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 20-23, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

 

I’m going to read you a short list of countries.  For each, please let me know if that country is an ally of the United States, an enemy of the United States or somewhere in between?

 

 

Ally

Enemy

Somewhere in between

Not sure

Canada

87%

2%

6%

5%

Great Britain

85%

2%

8%

6%

Israel

71%

6%

17%

5%

Germany

66%

4%

23%

7%

Japan

63%

7%

22%

8%

France

60%

6%

26%

8%

Mexico

50%

12%

31%

6%

Egypt

42%

8%

39%

12%

Venezuela

22%

35%

32%

11%

Vietnam

21%

15%

52%

11%

Saudi Arabia

21%

26%

44%

8%

China

20%

20%

52%

8%

Russia

19%

25%

45%

10%

Afghanistan

19%

41%

35%

5%

Pakistan

15%

31%

46%

7%

Iraq

10%

44%

39%

7%

Iran

7%

72%

15%

5%

North Korea

5%

74%

12%

10%

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence