Popularity Contest
The United Nations has reason to feel good about this, even if they trail Mexico and [shudder] Israel:
Americans have the warmest feelings about England, Canada and Israel, and good feelings have improved about China and India more than any other country since an August poll, according to a survey measuring U.S. attitudes toward foreign nations.
The survey, released Thursday by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, found that Cuba, Iran and North Korea received the coolest ratings when Americans were asked to rank how they felt about foreign nations. Iraq, North Korea and Venezuela were said to be the countries with ratings that fell the most.
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In order of ranking, they were England, Canada, Israel, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Nations, Russia, France, China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iraq, Syria, the Palestinian government, Cuba, Iran and North Korea.
They didn’t conduct this poll in Cambridge, MA, else the ranking woulds have been flipped.