Australia, Britain and Italy are US allies in the Iraq war. Canada did not send troops to support the US-led coalition in Iraq, but sent troops to help in Afghanistan.
"The negative view that Canadians have of George Bush does not extend to Americans in general," said Darrell Bricker, president of Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs-North America.
In Australia, seven in 10 surveyed had a favorable view of Americans; four in 10 had a favorable view of Bush. Bush got favorable reviews from more Australians than from those in any other country polled aside from the US. Randall Pearce, general manager of Ipsos Mackay Public Affairs, said Prime Minister John Howard's public backing of Bush appeared to help the president. A majority of Howard's supporters had a favorable view of Bush. The AP-Ipsos polls of about 1,000 adults in each country were taken between Nov. 19-27 and have sampling error margins of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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