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Monday 12th October 2009 | 10:24

Transatlantic consensus: Obama did not deserve Nobel Prize

Both Britons and Americans were surprised and disappointed by Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

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Either side of the Atlantic, the majority of the voting public is believes that Barack Obama was not a deserving candidate for the Nobel Prize, according to new PoliticsHome research. 

In the UK there is a stronger feeling that Obama did not deserve the prize, with sixty two per cent of voters taking this view.  The comparable proportion in the US was fifty two per cent.

News of the committee’s decision came as a shock in both countries: eighty nine per cent of the British public, and eighty eight per cent of voters in the States, were surprised that the President was chosen. 


Political Reasons

Majorities of voters in both countries believed that Obama had been awarded the prize for political reasons, rather than on merit. 

There also tended to be a view that awarding the Nobel to Obama had diminished its prestige, with 46% of US voters and 52% of UK voters taking that view.

PoliticsHome interviewed 1430 adults in the US, and 1303 adults in the UK, by email between 9-11 October 2009. Results are weighted by party ID to reflect the both countries at large.

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JUDY GARTHWAITE

It seems the UK is smarter on this issue than the US!!  It is very difficult for me to see 39% of Americans believe this man deserved that award!  This tells me that the Americans still have their heads in the sand...Thank God for the Brits.. 

Brian

Judy, the 39% is Obama's core support. That is likely at least 95% hardcore, very liberal Democrats. On the other hand the Independents who also put him office are shifting away, making reelection in 2012 more and more difficult with each passing day as he spends more government money that neither creates jobs nor improves the economy.

We did have our heads in the sand last November.

Doug

Brian-

I agree with everything you say except for the term "government money."  This is part of our problem.  It is not government money.  It is our money.

BL@KBIRD

If the narrator of a science ficton movie can get one, its relevance has dimmed beyond view some time ago.

Kevin Nolen

"It seems the UK is smarter on this issue than the US!!"

  The press in the UK does not have a vested interest in maintaining the illusion of Obamas infallibility.  The US MSM packaged and sold Obama to us.  They must now stand by the whore they married us to lest they look stupid and treasonous.  oops..too late.

dg

Most Americans know Obama did not deserve any award.

The Nobel committee is attempting to influence Obama's decision-making.

I'm fighting Obama's policies at every turn.

Charles

The only award Obama diserves is the absolute scorn of the entire world.  He is the absolute worst leader America has ever had.