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Israel Factor 8.2013, Full Statistics

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September 3, 2013

Israel Factor 8.2013, Full Statistics

 

Please rank the Obama administration’s policy on the following topics from 1 (terrible policy) to 10 (great policy):

 

Policy

Rank

Refraining from more intensive intervention in Syria

5.5

Trying to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

7.5

Dealing with developments in Egypt and handling its relations with the Egyptian government

5.12

Advancing the effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons

5.37

Handling relations with Turkey

6.12

 

 

 

Thinking about Secretary of State John Kerry, and comparing him to some of his predecessors (Clinton, Rice, Powel, Albright), please rank the following statements from 1 (completely false) to 10 (completely true):

 

 

Statement

Rank

Kerry believes more than other Secretaries of State that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is strategically important for the US

6.75

Kerry seems like he knows what he is doing with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

5.87

Kerry has a good chance to succeed in getting Israel and the Palestinians closer to a peace agreement or even achieving one

4.37

Kerry is more naïve about the peace process than most of his predecessors

5.62

Kerry gets Israel better than his predecessors

5.5

Kerry is on a collision course with the Israeli government

5.5

Kerry is the most promising Secretary since James Baker

4.71

Kerry is the worst Secretary for Israel since James Baker

2.43

 

 

 

Looking ahead to 2016, please rank the following presidential candidates on scale of 1 (very bad for Israel) to 10 (very good for Israel)

 

Candidate

Rank

Hillary Clinton

8.25

Joe Biden

7.87

Chris Christie

6.87

Marco Rubio

6.28

Paul Ryan

5.33

Jeb Bush

7.63

Janet Napolitano

6.67

Andrew Cuomo

7.83

Martin O'Malley

6.4

Deval Patrick

6.6

Cory Booker

8

Elizabeth Warren

5.83

Mark Warner

7.33

Brian Schweitzer

6.6

Kirsten Gillibrand

7.25

Rand Paul

3.14

Bobby Jindal

5.2

Susana Martinez

5.5

Amy Klobuschar

6.5

Howard Dean

5.71

Antonio Villaraigosa

7

Mike Pence

5.87

Eric Cantor

6.06

Ted Cruz

4.2

Jon Huntsman

7

Rick Santorum

5.14

John Thune

5.67

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