SEPTEMBER POLLS SHOW PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR COOPERATIVE U.S. ROLE IN WORLD:
Disconnect Between Leaders and the Public Explored

Two polls released in September 2004 demonstrate Americans' continued support for cooperative U.S. global leadership, ratification of international treaties and work through international institutions.  Zogby International's Poll of likely voters, Americans and the World Around Them (PDF), was conducted in August 2004 for the Foreign Policy Association.  The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations conducts a quadrennial poll on U.S. public and leader opinion and international public opinion on international issues, called Global Views.  While the last CCFR poll was conducted in 2002, they chose to conduct the study again after only two years partly because of the importance of foreign policy in this year's U.S. election.  Both polls demonstrate that the historical support of Americans for a U.S. foreign policy that seeks to act through international institutions and treaties is still strong. The CCFR poll's findings on the disconnect between what the public thinks about global issues and what their elected representatives think that they believe is particularly striking.

Click for poll results on:

• U.S. Cooperation and Role in the World

• Environmental Protection

• United Nations Peace Operations

• International Law/International Criminal Court

• The United Nations

Last Updated October 17, 2005

Citizens for Global Solutions Power Point
Presentation on Americans and global engagement gives a historical look at public opinion on multilateralism

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