Going back to the Gallup website's Opinion Briefing's section, I looked at the article about U.S. aid in Egypt. Recently, the United States has not a very good reputation in the middle east and as we move towards Africa, it looks like they dont want us there. The very first poll was regarding whether or not Egyptians wanted U.S. economic aid. 82% of the Egyptian people appose any economic aid from the U.S. 83% are in agreement in thinking that the U.S. wont let them form their own political system and will instead impose their own. We are really not making a good name for ourselves, especially as expansive as U.S. foreign policy is.
However, it seems we arent the only bad fish in this pond. China and Iran are no better in Egyptian eyes than the U.S. is. Over the past 7 years, the survey has asked the Egyptian people on the leadership of the U.S., China, and Iran. For now, it seems we are the best of the worse, but that may not be the case in the future. China has slowly been increasing in Egyptian approval over the past seven years. Could they be the occupying power the country wants?
From a polling perspective, everything in the survey method seemed pretty standard until I read the line that read, "Results are based on face-to-face interviews with 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older per wave..." I thought that was really interesting. Those considered adults were age 15 and up. Hypothetically, if Gallup were to do a poll of the entire adult world (big dreams, I know, but bear with me) would they have to set a certain age for the entire poll or would each countries definition of "adult" be the standard for the poll? Interesting question that I dont really know the answer to. WAF.
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