by Eric Zuesse, The Duran:
The only international poll that sampled many countries simultaneously about Assange or his WikiLeaks so as to be able to compare the opinions internationally was by Reuters, headlining on 26 April 2011 “WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange is not a criminal: global poll”, and it showed that by far the most hostile public in opposing WikiLeaks was in America, the only public that was more anti-WikiLeaks than pro. 61% of Americans opposed WikiLeaks, and the second-worst was in UK, 38% opposed. Third-worst was Canada, 33%. Fourth-worst Poland at 32%. The four most favorable to Wikileaks were South Africa 12%, and then India, Russia, and Spain tied at 15%.
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Subsequently, on 19 September 2022, Morning Consult headlined “Many in the West Support Assange’s Leaks, and Few Want Him Extradited to U.S.” and reported their pollings in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, & U.S. Lowest approval of Assange was in both UK & U.S., so again those were the two worst. Their report said:
On the question of extraditing Assange, there is a lack of support across Europe’s five largest economies and Australia. Only 21% in Australia back extradition, compared with 46% who oppose it, but it’s Germans who are most against the idea: Just 18% want to see Assange’s extradition go ahead, compared with 52% who said it should not. Opposition outweighs support by 12 percentage points in France, 13 points in Spain and 27 points in Italy.
Only Americans are far more likely to back extradition than not: Support is at 40%, almost double the 21% of adults who are opposed. In the United Kingdom, support for extradition also outweighs opposition, but the gap is much narrower: 30% of U.K. adults support Assange’s extradition, compared with 26% who oppose it. But many in both countries said they have no opinion: 39% in the United States and 44% in the United Kingdom.
In fact, across each country surveyed, sizable portions said they have little knowledge or no opinion
Inside the U.S., there were other pollings.
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On 17 April 2019, I headlined “By 3-to-1, Americans Want Assange Prosecuted” and reported two YouGov polls, 2019 and 2018, both of which showed high American hostility toward Assange personally.
Then, there were these polls in America:
