WASHINGTON — The increase in perceived favorability may be related to decisions by President Barack Obama to open relations with longtime adversaries Cuba and Iran, the poll suggested. Obama’s push for a major new free trade deals, as well as his popularity abroad may also be factors. "This is consistent with how Americans have perceived the
Poll: Most Americans Believe The Rest Of World Still Views The US Favorably
Slightly more than half of Americans, or 54 percent, say they think people in other nations have a positive view of the United States, which represents an improvement from the years marking the transition from the Bush to Obama administrations, a Gallup poll revealed on Thursday.