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To: LindyBill who wrote (41285)	4/28/2004 2:01:47 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Interesting left/right split. 62% Say World Better If More Like USA 64% Say American Society Generally Fair and Decent Is American Society Fair 64% Unfair 22% Not Sure 14% RasmussenReports.com If More Nations Like USA, would world be? Better 62% Worse 14% Not Sure 23% RasmussenReports.com April 27, 2004--More than six-out-of-ten American voters believe the USA is a good role model for the rest of the world. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 64% of voters believe that American society is generally fair and decent. Additionally, 62% believe the world would be a better place if other countries became more like the United States. However, while a solid majority views the nation in this way, there are significant differences of opinion among partisan, ideological, and political fault lines. Among Bush voters, 83% say that American society is generally fair and decent. Just 7% say it is basically unfair and discriminatory. While Bush voters are united behind this perception, Kerry voters are divided--46% say fair and decent while 37% say unfair and discriminatory. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Bush voters also believe the world would be better if other nations were more like the United States. This view is shared by just 48% of Kerry voters. From an ideological perspective, 74% of conservatives say the world would be better if other nations were more like ours. Just 15% of conservatives believe it would be worse. However, among self-identified liberals, the numbers are 49% better and 37% worse. A plurality of those who say they are very liberal believe the world would be in worse shape if other nations were more like ours. Moderate voters, by a 3-to-1 margin think that having other nation's more like us would create a better world. Similar differences of opinion were found on the question of the United Nations. Just 38% of American voters have a favorable opinion of that organization. The survey also found that just 18% of voters believe most Americans are racist. Sixty-five percent (65%) disagree.