Most domestic and international events, no matter how tragic, are subject to being swept up in the maw of the heated, no-holds-barred presidential campaign we are in now. Both campaigns’ war rooms are constantly adjusting and readjusting their positionings, reactions, public statements, and actions relating to almost anything that becomes […] Read more »
Fewest Number of Americans Concerned about Terrorism since 9/11
Fewer Americans are concerned about international terrorism as a “critical” threat to the United States than at any point since September 11, 2001, according to the 2012 Chicago Council Survey released today. While a majority is still worried, the intensity of concern about terrorism has steadily declined. At the same […] Read more »
Could foreign policy actually affect the 2012 presidential election?
… [E]very head-to-head poll has given Barack Obama a decided advantage on foreign policy and national security. Every one. The thing is, I’ve stipulated over and over that Americans don’t care all that much about foreign policy. So one has to wonder whether this really matters. It’s an election about […] Read more »
Syria situation concerns Americans, who are split on U.S. action
The increasingly bloody civil war in Syria concerns Americans, a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday showed, though the prospect of sending military assistance from the U.S. and other countries or using air power to assist rebels has Americans divided. [cont.] Kevin Liptak, CNN Read more »
President Obama’s foreign policy ratings — and what Mitt Romney is trying to do about it
Mitt Romney’s overseas trip and a major address last month marked the Republican candidate’s biggest effort to date in the campaign to take on President Obama’s foreign policy. In so doing, Romney has (perhaps sensibly) focused his attacks on issues where Obama is weak, but avoided major international issues where […] Read more »
Americans More Positive Than Negative Toward Netanyahu
Americans have a more positive (35%) than negative (23%) view of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though four in 10 are not familiar enough with him to rate him. … Gallup Daily tracking from June 1-July 26 finds Jewish registered voters favoring Obama over Romney by 68% to 25%. [cont.] […] Read more »