The poll shows that, three weeks before the actual election takes place, presidential candidate John F. Kerry receives 84% of the global vote. George W. Bush gets 5%, Ralph Nader 7%. As for the vice-presidential candidates, John Edwards leads with 75%, compared to 5% in favor of Dick Cheney and 5% for Peter Camejo.

According to the poll, 66% of the participants think that John F. Kerry is best equipped to address global terrorism. George W. Bush gets 7% on this issue. 17% is of the opinion that none of the candidates is suited to deal with global terrorism.

The U.S. Presidential election seems to be a truly global event. The majority (52%) of the participants consider themselves “well informed” on the U.S. Presidential election. Only a minor fraction of 5% says to be poorly informed or not informed.

These results are based on a global Internet survey with a total sample of 2,446 participants; 64% from Europe, 17% from the U.S., 8% from North America (non U.S.), 4% from Central/South America, 3% from Asia, 3% from Oceania and 1% from Africa.

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