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The Israel Factor 08.2012, Full Statistics

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August 13, 2012

‎1. Thinking about Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel, please rank the following statements from 1 (totally ‎disagree) to 10 (totally agree):

Issue

Score

Romney proved to Israelis that he will be a better friend than ‎Obama

5.11

Romney ‎was practically endorsed by PM Netanyahu

6.89

Romney made a mistake when he spoke about ‎Palestinian “culture”

6.89

Romney’s visit will help him win over Jewish voters

4.56

It’s a problem that Obama hasn’t yet visited ‎Israel as president

7.22

Romney’s policy on Jerusalem is much different to Obama’s

4.89

From an Israeli viewpoint this was a very good ‎visit

6.56

‎2. Thinking about Iran, please rank the following statements from 1 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally ‎agree):‎

The US ‎and Israel are pretty much on the same page – they agree on both the objective and the ‎policy

5

They agree on ‎the objective but not the policy

7.67

They don’t agree either on the objective or on the policy

3.12

Obama will use force against ‎Iran if diplomacy doesn’t work

6.44

If elected, Romney will use force against Iran if diplomacy doesn’t ‎work

6.11

Israel will not ‎dare act against Iran without American consent

6.22

‎3. Looking ahead for 2012, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (bad ‎for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):‎

Candidate

Score

Barack Obama

7.4

Mitt Romney

7.2

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