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By SHANI ROSENFELDER
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An overwhelming majority of worldwide Jerusalem Post readers who responded to an American presidential poll on JPost.com favor John McCain over Barack Obama.
Slideshow: Pictures of the week According to results of the poll, in which over 4,500 people participated, 75% said they would like to see McCain as the next man in the White House, 22% preferred Obama and 1.5% were undecided.
The same pattern was evident when asked which candidate would better serve Israel's interests. Over 80% pointed at the Republican nominee, with the Democratic candidate gaining just over 19%.
Asked which factor plays a more significant role when voting - domestic issues or foreign policy - 74% of the respondents chose the latter.
Regarding McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, 67% of respondents judged the decision as "brilliant." Forty-five percent said they believed that age - be it Obama's relative youth or McCain's relative older age - was not a factor in the elections; 28% said the age issue helped Obama and 27% said it favored McCain.
The JPost.com survey featured safeguards against double voting and computerized manipulation, but does not constitute a representative statistical sample.
A survey of the American Jewish vote conducted in May by Gallop, by contrast, found that Obama is widely favored over McCain among American Jews - by a 61% to 32% margin.
In a poll carried out among the Israeli Jewish public in July, by Keevoon Research, Strategy & Communications, however, 38 percent of the Israeli Jewish public said they prefer McCain, while 31% said they would rather see Obama elected as the next US president. A full 31% either did not know or had no preference.