Britain Loves President Obama

[Kantor]

The difference in reception between his visit and that of Bush is astounding.

http://today.yougov.co.uk/politics/obamas-state-visit-uk

	Bush 2003 %	Obama 2011 %
Those who...
...welcome the President's visit	21	60
…have confidence in (Bush/Obama) as President	22	72
…think he is highly intelligent	17	81
…think he is sincere	29	73

	Bush, 2003:
Danger to world peace	60%
Stupid	37%
Incoherent	33%
Decisive	30%

	Obama, 2011:
Intelligent	64%
Articulate	55%
Good world leader	33%
Strong	32%

	Bush 2003 %	Obama 2011 %
Those who...
…regard the President as a good friend of Britain	40	57
…want the US-UK ‘special relationship’ to continue	34	42
…have confidence in the US to act responsibly as the world’s only superpower	38	52

I can't say I hold quite as positive a view of Obama as my fellow countrymen, but he's definitely better than Bush.

It can't just be the typical grass-is-greener sentiment, because look at how much we hated Bush

The full data: http://today.yougov.co.uk/sites/today.yougov.co.uk/files/yg-archives-pol-channel4-obamavisitcompared_bush-250511.pdf