As we near the end of the Obama-Romney campaign, please rank the supposed policies of the two prospective administrations on the following Israel-related matters from 1 (policies totally disadvantageous to Israel) to 10 (policies totally advantageous to Israel):
|
Topic / policy
|
Obama
|
Romney
|
|
Policy toward Iran
|
7.14
|
7
|
|
Policy toward Syria
|
6.43
|
5.57
|
|
Policy on Arab Spring
|
6.43
|
6
|
|
Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process
|
4.71
|
5.43
|
|
Relations with Israel
|
6.86
|
7.86
|
|
Policy toward Egypt
|
6.43
|
6.57
|
On a scale of 1 (poor candidate) to 10 (great candidate), please rank the following candidates for secretary of state in the next Obama (O) or Romney (R) administration:
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Tom Donilon (O)
|
6.67
|
|
John Kerry (O)
|
6.17
|
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Ambassador Susan Rice (O)
|
5.33
|
|
Ambassador William Burns (O)
|
6
|
|
Robert Zoellick (R)
|
6.67
|
|
Joe Lieberman (R)
|
7.17
|
|
David Petraeus (R)
|
6.17
|
|
Rob Portman (R)
|
6
|
|
Jon Huntsman (R)
|
7
|
Looking ahead for 2012, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):
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Barack Obama
|
7.43
|
|
Mitt Romney
|
7.57
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