Ratings for U.S. President in France Do you have confidence do the right in U.S thing President regarding George Bush/Barack Obama to do the right thing regarding George world affairs?
In 2012, 86% of those surveyed in France expressed confidence in Obama to do the right thing regarding international affairs; only 14% said they had little or no confidence in him. This was little changed from 2009, when Obama first entered office.
But it represented a drastic change from George W. Bush’s ratings in France when he was president. In 2008, only 13% of the French had confidence in Bush to do the right thing regarding global affairs. Nearly nine-in-ten (87%) said they lacked confidence in the U.S. president. The French showed little confidence in Bush throughout his two terms.
Ratings for U.S. President in France  | Do you have confidence do the right in U.S thing President regarding George Bush/Barack Obama to  | do the right thing regarding George world affairs?  | Confidence  | No Confidence  | 100  | 91  | 87  | 87  | 85 85  | 84 86  | 77  | 80 75  | 75  | 60  | 40  | 14 15 14  | 20  | 25  | 20  | 20  | 15 14 13  | 0  | 2001  | 2003  | 2006  | 2008 2009  | 2012  | Barack Obama  | George W. Bush  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 