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The Israel Factor 12.2011, Full Statistics
From 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel): Generally speaking, please rate the following:
| The Tea Party movement | 3.33 |
| Occupy Wall Street | 3.12 |
| AIPAC | 8.78 |
| J Street | 5.44 |
On a scale of 1 (negative) to 10 (positive): Please rate the Obama administration’s handling of the following Middle East developments in recent months:
| Overall policy vis-a-vis the Middle East | 4.78 |
| Unrest and elections in Egypt | 5.44 |
| Iran’s nuclear program | 6.33 |
| Israeli-Palestinian peace process | 4 |
| Unrest in Syria | 5 |
| Palestinian UN bid | 7.33 |
| Overall policy vis-a-vis Israel | 7 |
Looking ahead for 2012 – please rate the following Presidential candidates on a scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):
| Barack Obama | 6.78 |
| Mitt Romney | 8 |
| Newt Gingrich | 7.56 |
| Ron Paul | 2.89 |
| Rick Santorum | 5.22 |
| Rick Perry | 5 |
| Jon Huntsman | 6.37 |
| Michele Bachmann | 5.89 |
In the following head-to-head races – which candidate is the one better from Israeli perspective? Please give each of the two 1 (bad) to (5)?
| Barack Obama | 3.56 |
| Mitt Romney | 4 |
| Barack Obama | 3.56 |
| Newt Gingrich | 4.11 |
Hillary Clinton
8.0
Joe Biden
7.22
Chris Christie
6.67
Marco Rubio
6.33
Paul Ryan
5.75
Jeb Bush
7
Janet Napolitano
5.8
Eric Cantor
6.36
Andrew Cuomo
7.87
Martin O'Malley
6.4
Deval Patrick
6.75
Cory Booker
7.67
Elizabeth Warren
6
Mark Warner
7.2
Brian Schweitzer
6.5
Mike Pence
5.37
Kristen Gillibrand
7.12
Rand Paul
3.17
Bobby Jindal
5.4
Susana Martinez
4.5
Amy Klobuchar
6.67
Howard Dean
6.17
Antonio Villaraigosa
6.8
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