The Associated Press International Affairs Poll

International questions about voting, with results from four countries.

23.10.06

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Q1 How often would you say you vote?

	U.S.	Canada	Mйxico	S. Korea
	%	%	%	%
Always	52	73	57	54
Nearly always	24	13	22	24
Part of the time	11	5	13	7
Seldom	6	3	3	9
Never	7	6	4	6
Not sure	1	-	1	-

Total Always / Nearly always	76	85	79	79
Total Seldom / Never	12	10	7	15

	France	Germany	Italy	Spain	U.K.
	%	%	%	%	%
Always	71	71	55	65	60
Nearly always	14	16	14	13	18
Part of the time	5	3	14	8	8
Seldom	2	3	11	4	5
Never	7	6	4	8	10
Not sure	-	1	2	2	-

Total Always / Nearly always	85	87	70	78	78
Total Seldom / Never	9	9	15	12	14

Q2 Do you think your individual vote makes a difference, or not?

	U.S.	Canada	Mйxico	S. Korea
	%	%	%	%
Yes	77	78	78	92
No	22	21	19	8
Not sure	1	1	3	-

	France	Germany	Italy	Spain	U.K.
	%	%	%	%	%
Yes	58	67	59	41	58
No	40	32	37	51	40
Not sure	2	1	4	8	2

Q3 Should voting in ... elections be compulsory, or not?

	U.S.	Canada	Mйxico	S. Korea
	%	%	%	%
Yes	33	47	59	60
No	61	51	37	40
Not sure	6	2	4	-

	France	Germany	Italy	Spain	U.K.
	%	%	%	%	%
Yes	63	38	52	36	58
No	36	61	46	61	40
Not sure	1	1	2	3	2

Q4 How confident are you that votes in ... elections are counted accurately?

	U.S.	Canada	Mйxico	S. Korea
	%	%	%	%
Very confident	26	48	24	26
Somewhat confident	40	39	36	57
Not very confident	20	9	25	15
Not at all confident	14	3	15	1
Not sure	-	1	-	1

Total Confident	66	87	60	84
Total Not Confident	33	12	39	15

	France	Germany	Italy	Spain	U.K.
	%	%	%	%	%
Very confident	33	46	20	33	42
Somewhat confident	52	38	45	42	37
Not very confident	9	13	21	14	13
Not at all confident	5	2	10	6	6
Not sure	1	1	4	5	2

Total Confident	85	84	64	75	80
Total Not Confident	14	15	32	20	18

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