A new global Ipsos MORI survey finds the public sees Canada as the country with the most positive influence on world affairs -- only four in ten people think the influence of the U.S. is positive. A survey of 18,055 adults aged 16-64 in 25 countries found 40 percent of the global public rating the United States' influence as positive, lagging behind China (49%) and India (53%), just ahead of Russia, Israel and Iran. While the U.S. isn't admired everywhere on the world's stage, people see its influence as less negative than when President George W. Bush left office in 2009. In April 2008, the BBC World Service/Globescan annual Country Ratings Poll found an average of 35% of people said the United States' world influence was "mainly positive." Six years later, the same poll found 42% of people have a positive view of the United States' role in the world A Pew Research Center survey also found that in 13 of 19 countries, the view of the United States improved from 2008 to 2014. The improvement under Barack Obama's presidency was biggest in France (up 33% to 75%), Spain (up 27% to 60%), Indonesia (up 22% to 59%) and Germany (up 20% to 51%).
