Does anybody want to guess the only G20 country whose citizens overwhelmingly prefer Trump to Clinton as the future US president?
I know, it’s too easy. But in case you’ve been vacationing on Mars for the past year, the answer is under the fold.
It’s Russia, of course. By the way, the exact same percentage of Russians supports Bernie as Ted Cruz: 1%. Bernie has finally become a one-percenter.
I checked what Israelis think:
Israelis favor Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton to succeed US President Barack Obama, but narrowly say Israel’s interests would be better served if controversial Republican candidate Donald Trump was to be voted in as the next commander-in-chief, according to a new poll.
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Pollsters asked 601 people, among them 499 Jews and 102 Arabs.
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Arab Israelis lean more heavily toward Clinton than Jewish ones, the poll found. Among Arabs, Clinton leads Trump by 44% to 7%. The lead shrinks, but does not disappear, among Jews, with 37% for Clinton and 26% for Trump.
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Asked which of the candidates best aligned with Israel’s interests, Trump won 25% of respondents to Clinton’s 24%. Among Jews, Trump led 28% to 22%; among Arabs, Clinton led 33% to 13%.
Asked to explain the gap of at least 14% of respondents who said they supported Clinton but did not believe she was best for Israel, a gap that grew to 15 points among Jewish respondents, Fuchs told Walla the Clinton brand was strong in Israel due to the continued popularity of Clinton’s husband, former president Bill Clinton.
Then, too, Trump is a relative unknown to Israelis, and seen by many as an unknown variable when it comes to his foreign policies and ties to Israel. Support for the Republican candidate might be higher, Fuchs speculated, if the GOP front-runner was a more mainstream candidate.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-prefer-hillary-for-president-study-finds/
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