U.S. Image
- Opinion of the United States
- Opinion of Americans
- U.S. Consideration of Other Countries' Interests
- Confidence in the U.S. President
- U.S. Anti-Terrorism Efforts
- Support for War in Afghanistan
World Economy & Globalization
- Satisfaction with Country's Direction
- Country's Economic Situation
- Views on Trade
- World's Leading Economic Power
- Views of the Free Market
Islamic Extremism
Rating Countries & Organizations
Rating World Leaders
Confidence in the U.S. President
How much confidence do you have in the U.S. President (Bush '03-'08, Obama '09-)?
- Confidence
- No confidence
Eastern Europe: Percent responding No confidence, all years measured
| Country | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 61 | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | 63 | - | - | - | |
| - | 40 | - | 55 | 50 | 21 | 27 | |
| 81 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 40 | 37 | |
| - | - | - | 76 | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | 64 | - | - | - |
Full question wording: Now I'm going to read a list of political leaders. For each, tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs - a lot of confidence, some confidence, not too much confidence, or no confidence at all. U.S. President George W. Bush (2002-2008), Barack Obama (2009)
Notes: Includes trend from when Bush was president (2002-2008). Confidence combines "a lot of confidence" and "some confidence" responses. No Confidence combines "not too much confidence" and "no confidence at all."