Unfortunately for them though, these promises never quite materialised and instead led them down a destructive path towards ruin. China’s President Xi Jinping and United States Vice-President Joe Biden meet during the G20 Summit held at Nusa Dua on the Indonesian island of Bali on November 14, 2022. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The majority of countries tend to align more with America when there is a Democrat president, according to Gallup poll data dating back to 2007. Gallup reported on Monday that significantly more countries prefer U.S. leadership over Chinese under Democratic administrations, at least according to Democratic pollsters, than Republican leadership figures; adding that having a Republican executive executive comes with an approval deficit disadvantage. “Gallup’s report revealed that in 2023, nearly half (48%) of world countries supported America rather than China (21%). Of over 130 polled nations questioned, 89% supported American leadership while only 21% preferred Chinese dominance.” Over one fifth of nations were found to be strongly aligned with the U.S. in 2021 – this rate represents its highest since 2009. Under President Donald Trump’s presidency, many more nations had supported China; this changed as soon as Joe Biden took office at the beginning of 2021. “When one compares country alignments between years, their magnitude becomes clear,” noted global analytics and advisory firm Ipsos Mori, noting similar party-related patterns under both George Bush’s administration and that of Barack Obama’s. Gallup suggests that America’s global influence may depend heavily on Biden-Trump’s presidential rematch in November 2016. Prior to their election campaigns, both presidential candidates have signaled an aggressive position toward China, and an increasing proportion of Americans see Beijing more as an enemy rather than competitor or partner, according to a Pew Research poll published last week. Gallup reports a “bounce back” under Biden administration that suggests U.S. net approval advantage is resilient even when accounting for stronger-align groups. Although China made short-term gains under Trump in terms of relative alignment, most fell under “weakly aligned”. China reached its highpoint as it first gained global influence, in 2007; however, increased familiarity with Beijing has not increased its appeal, according to Gallup’s findings. Meanwhile, U.S. leadership enjoyed general net approval under both Presidents Biden and Obama while disapproval rates have spiked during Trump’s two years and last two of Bush’s presidency; these findings revealed.In their battle for global influence however, both economic superpowers have recently experienced similar levels of disillusionment from one side or the other in one way or another since 2007. Gallup research showed that since 2017, more countries disapproved than approved of both China and U.S. leadership; 2021 being an exception. Gallup found the disapproval rate was highest under President Trump, reaching 48% by 2020 and peaking during this administration at 48% in 2020. Even though this proportion has decreased since Biden has taken office, it still represents roughly double what was observed throughout Obama’s first term, according to Gallup data. “This growing number of nations expressing negative net approval of U.S. and Chinese leadership suggests growing disenchantment with both of these global powers,” according to a press statement by Pew. The United States has seen much of its relative favorability decreased relative to China in countries like Russia and Africa; on the other hand, however, gains were made against such as Poland impacted by Ukraine invasion as well as numerous Asian states. Studies conducted this year by Gallup indicate that many Southeast Asian nations such as the Philippines were likely to side with China rather than with America if forced to choose sides between it and America in a regional survey conducted earlier in 2017.Germany led both with respect to approval rates (46% overall and in Europe/Asia respectively). As one of three world leaders included in Gallup’s latest “Rating World Leaders” report.
