VoteGlobal Blog » Politics – Global http://www.voteglobal.com/blog What if every voice was heard Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Best and Worst of 2009 http://www.voteglobal.com/blog/2010/01/best-and-worst-of-2009/ http://www.voteglobal.com/blog/2010/01/best-and-worst-of-2009/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:10:01 +0000 admin http://www.vote-global.com/blog/?p=562 The results are in! Our best and worst of 2009 Polls are now closed, with over 550 votes cast between them, from over 40 different countries.

The Top World Political Figure of 2009 is a clear winner: Barack Obama with 31% of the votes cast, followed by ‘none of the above’ with 15% and Hu Jintao of China with 13% of voters.

Barack Obama comes out on top again in the Top US Politician Poll, with 35% of the votes, Bill Clinton as runner up with 24% and Sarah palin in third with 13%.

In the most active of our Best and Worst of 2009 Polls, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered a huge majority of the votes, with 62% calling him the Worst Political figure of 2009. Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi came in a distant second with 9% of the votes with Barack Obama just behind taking 6% of the votes.

The Economic Crisis was our voter’s choice for Top Political Issue of 2009, receiving 40% of all the votes, Climate Change came in second with 16% and Healthcare and the Middle East tied for third with 14%.

For the Worst U.S. Politician of 2009, once again Barack Obama takes the lead, with 36% of votes, Sarah Palin narrowly trailing with 28%. No-one else came close!

Worst Political Move of 2009 award goes to ‘The Blagojevich Auction’ with 33% of votes, Obama’s Public Option comes in second at 25% with Joe Wilson’s ‘You Lie!’ coming in third with 20% of the vote.

Glenn Beck edged out Keith Olbermann as your ‘Worst Political Commentator of 2009‘ with 32% and 28% of the vote respectively. Rush Limbaugh came in third with 21%.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad featured strongly in our ‘Biggest Political Liar of 2009‘ Poll, with 44% of the vote, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Silvio Berlusconi all showing well, too, with Palin and Obama tied for second place at 13%, and Berlusconi at 10%.

Thanks for voting, everyone! Full Results:

Top US Political Figure of 2009?

Barack Obama 35%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Sarah Palin 13%
Bill Clinton 24%
Sonia Sotomayo 2%
John McCain 10%
Edward Kennedy 0%
Ben Bernanke 8%

Top World Political Figure of 2009?

Barack Obama (US) 31%
Hu Jintao (PRC) 13%
Nicolas Sarkozy (FR) 8%
Ban Ki Moon (UN) 2%
Gordon Brown (UK) 8%
Mir Hossein Mousavi (Iran) 8%
Angela Merkel (Germany) 11%
None of the above 15%

Worst Political Figure of 2009?

Barack Obama (US) 8%
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 9%
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 6%
Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) 6%
Kim Jong-Il (North Korea) 3%
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (Iran) 62%
Gordon Brown (UK) 1%
None of the above 2%

Top Political Issue of 2009?

Economic Crisis 40%
Climate Change/Global Warming 16%
Middle East 14%
Nuclear weapons 4%
Education 4%
Healthcare 14%
None of the above 6%

Worst U.S. Politician of 2009?

Barack Obama 36%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Ben Bernanke 1%
Sarah Palin 28%
Van Jones 5%
Joe Wilson 9%
Christopher Dodd 7%
None of the above 3%

Worst U.S. Political move of 2009?

“You Lie!” 20%
The Public Option 25%
The Biden Bunker Reveal 4%
The Sanford Affair 8%
The Blagojevich ‘Auction’ 33%
The Ensign Affair 0%
The Grayson Slur 0%
None of the above 8%

Worst Political Commentator of 2009?

Glenn Beck 32%
Sean Hannity 3%
Rush Limbaugh 21%
Rachel Maddow 3%
Chris Matthews 3%
Bill O’Reilly 3%
Keith Olbermann 28%
none of the above 3%

Biggest Political Liar?

Sarah Palin 13%
Al Gore 6%
Barack Obama 13%
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 44%
Hugo Chavez 3%
Silvio Berlusconi 10%
Don’t know 3%
None of the above 3%

]]> http://www.voteglobal.com/blog/2010/01/best-and-worst-of-2009/feed/ 5 How is it that only Western nations are accused of “defaming” religion? http://www.voteglobal.com/blog/2009/12/how-is-it-that-only-western-nations-are-accused-of-%e2%80%9cdefaming%e2%80%9d-religion/ http://www.voteglobal.com/blog/2009/12/how-is-it-that-only-western-nations-are-accused-of-%e2%80%9cdefaming%e2%80%9d-religion/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:43:01 +0000 admin http://www.vote-global.com/blog/?p=482 Nov. 3 (from NationalReview.com) America, like so many countries in the West, laments its strained relations with the Islamic world. In June, Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Cairo to speak against the “fear and mistrust” that exist between the West and Islam. Yet Muslim governments demand respect for Islam while refusing to offer similar respect for religious minorities within their own borders.

The recent Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets in that European nation has become the latest controversy to generate Muslim protests worldwide. However, Islamic governments are in no position to complain about Western intolerance and “Islamophobia.” Most Muslim nations are repressive or offer only limited political freedom. More often than not, Islamic states violate basic human rights; and almost all persecute Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities.

Many authoritarian states — especially Communist or formerly Communist ones — violate religious liberty along with other freedoms in order to maintain political control. But Muslim nations are almost unique in their willingness to persecute religious minorities to promote religious ends, as is evident from the State Department’s latest report on religious liberty abroad.
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Carbon Offsets, hybrid cars, smarter consumption, eating smart, there’s a lot of ideas out there. With the COP15 summit coming up in Copenhagen, what’s the most important thing that governments could recommend and everyone can do to help offset global warming or climate change?

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