Increased positive perception of the USA in Austria

[Tender Branson]

Election of the new US President in 2021 as the main reason for a better attitude towards the USA among the Austrian population​

Vienna (OTS) - A survey by the Austrian American Society (ÖAG) from the beginning of 2022 (sample 500, representative of the Austrian population) shows a clear shift in sentiment in Austria towards the USA in a positive direction.

From a previously rather neutral approach, perception changed in a predominantly positive direction. The majority (88%) gave the election decision in October 2021 for the new President Biden and the associated voting out of former President Trump as the main reason.

Basically, the USA is important for around two thirds (67%) of Austrians, and they actively deal with the USA at least once a month.

The US economy is predominantly perceived as digital (72%), risk-taking (62%), innovative (58%) and business-friendly (45%). About half of the respondents (51%) consider the influence of the USA on Austria's economy to be important, three quarters (75%) see a high influence of the USA on the global economy.

The majority see the contribution of the USA to combating the global climate crisis as small.

When it comes to the question of the importance of the USA for tourism in Austria, the answers are balanced (31% important, 33% less important, 37% partly-partially), but a majority considers the relevance of US policy for Austria to be important ( 41% important, 17% less important, 42% partly-partly).

Film (86%), music (75%) and fashion (51%) are seen as the cultural areas where US influence is above average.

The importance of sport in the USA (35% very high) is rated higher by those surveyed than in Austria (28% very high).

"The importance of the USA is perceived in many different ways by the Austrian population and shapes us politically, economically, but also in sporting and cultural terms," says Philipp Bodzenta, President of the ÖAG, which has set itself the task of strengthening this bilateral country relationship. "In addition to the many mostly positive qualitative experiences that we experience in the exchange with the USA, we now have for the first time a quantitative representation of perception from an Austrian point of view."

The ÖAG, which was founded on January 6, 1946 with the task of distributing the care packages, now has the motto "building bridges".

"We make this bridge-building between the countries possible through various activities such as events and information on different key topics, which took place on the digital level, especially in times of a pandemic. We are pleased to be able to offer all people and companies interested in the USA a platform and a network.” adds ÖAG Secretary General Rainer Newald.

For the present survey, the beginning of the year is a good anchor for an ongoing measurement, which will be carried out regularly from now on.

Questions & contact:

RAINER NEWALD
Secretary General
Stallburggasse 2, A-1010 Vienna
Tel. +436642827608
rainer.newald@oag.at

Positive Wahrnehmung der USA in Österreich gestiegen

Wahl des neuen US-Präsidenten 2021 als Hauptmotiv für bessere Einstellung bei der österreichischen Bevölkerung zu den USA

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Interesting.

 

[Monica33]

Improved appreciation from a bunch of Fascists is downright hysterically funny .

Austria is so extreme that some Dot Connectors believe that it has become a reception area for the Fourth Reich -- excluding the CIA and NASA obviously !.
What proportion of the no doubt specially selected sample had blue eyes and fair hair ?

 

[snakestretcher]

Improved appreciation from a bunch of Fascists is downright hysterically funny .

Austria is so extreme that some Dot Connectors believe that it has become a reception area for the Fourth Reich -- excluding the CIA and NASA obviously !.
What proportion of the no doubt specially selected sample had blue eyes and fair hair ?

Again with the stupidity. Keep it up; I enjoy my morning laugh at your expense.

 

[RabidAlpaca]

Improved appreciation from a bunch of Fascists is downright hysterically funny .

Austria is so extreme that some Dot Connectors believe that it has become a reception area for the Fourth Reich -- excluding the CIA and NASA obviously !.
What proportion of the no doubt specially selected sample had blue eyes and fair hair ?

You live in a country where censorship is prevalent and saying mean things to other people is illegal, so maybe you shouldn't throw stones from a glass house.

 

[snakestretcher]

You live in a country where censorship is prevalent and saying mean things to other people is illegal, so maybe you shouldn't throw stones from a glass house.

Not quite; we have laws designed to protect people from malicious hate speech, racist attacks etc. I see no problem with that. Freedom of expression has limits; you may not like that, but they exist for good reasons. Freedom of expression comes with responsibility.

Hate crime | The Crown Prosecution Service

www.cps.gov.uk

What is free speech? One of the most important human rights explained.

Freedom of speech is the right to say whatever you like about whatever you like, whenever you like, right? Wrong.

www.amnesty.org.uk

 

[Chainsawmassacre]

Election of the new US President in 2021 as the main reason for a better attitude towards the USA among the Austrian population​

Vienna (OTS) - A survey by the Austrian American Society (ÖAG) from the beginning of 2022 (sample 500, representative of the Austrian population) shows a clear shift in sentiment in Austria towards the USA in a positive direction.

From a previously rather neutral approach, perception changed in a predominantly positive direction. The majority (88%) gave the election decision in October 2021 for the new President Biden and the associated voting out of former President Trump as the main reason.

Basically, the USA is important for around two thirds (67%) of Austrians, and they actively deal with the USA at least once a month.

The US economy is predominantly perceived as digital (72%), risk-taking (62%), innovative (58%) and business-friendly (45%). About half of the respondents (51%) consider the influence of the USA on Austria's economy to be important, three quarters (75%) see a high influence of the USA on the global economy.

The majority see the contribution of the USA to combating the global climate crisis as small.

When it comes to the question of the importance of the USA for tourism in Austria, the answers are balanced (31% important, 33% less important, 37% partly-partially), but a majority considers the relevance of US policy for Austria to be important ( 41% important, 17% less important, 42% partly-partly).

Film (86%), music (75%) and fashion (51%) are seen as the cultural areas where US influence is above average.

The importance of sport in the USA (35% very high) is rated higher by those surveyed than in Austria (28% very high).

"The importance of the USA is perceived in many different ways by the Austrian population and shapes us politically, economically, but also in sporting and cultural terms," says Philipp Bodzenta, President of the ÖAG, which has set itself the task of strengthening this bilateral country relationship. "In addition to the many mostly positive qualitative experiences that we experience in the exchange with the USA, we now have for the first time a quantitative representation of perception from an Austrian point of view."

The ÖAG, which was founded on January 6, 1946 with the task of distributing the care packages, now has the motto "building bridges".

"We make this bridge-building between the countries possible through various activities such as events and information on different key topics, which took place on the digital level, especially in times of a pandemic. We are pleased to be able to offer all people and companies interested in the USA a platform and a network.” adds ÖAG Secretary General Rainer Newald.

For the present survey, the beginning of the year is a good anchor for an ongoing measurement, which will be carried out regularly from now on.

Questions & contact:

RAINER NEWALD
Secretary General
Stallburggasse 2, A-1010 Vienna
Tel. +436642827608
rainer.newald@oag.at

Positive Wahrnehmung der USA in Österreich gestiegen

Wahl des neuen US-Präsidenten 2021 als Hauptmotiv für bessere Einstellung bei der österreichischen Bevölkerung zu den USA

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Interesting.

The country that sided with the Nazi's give Biden thumbs up.

 

[highroller]

The country that sided with the Nazi's give Biden thumbs up.

Ignorance is a republican virtue nowadays

 

[TomFitz]

Ignorance is a republican virtue nowadays

It does seem to be.

Xenophobia, and parochialism have been on the rise in the far right for some time.

Egged on by their entertainment ”news” media, and the Russians social media warfare, which never let up.

You have right wingers here parroting the Moscow line right off the cuff.

And then there‘s Comrade Carlson.

 

[Monica33]

You live in a country where censorship is prevalent and saying mean things to other people is illegal, so maybe you shouldn't throw stones from a glass house.

As I do not live in a glass house your comment is redundant .

But I am not in the least effing interested what my own country says or does not say . I am a person not a cipher , nor an entrained zombie or a compliant gullible .

Just look at what is happening in Adolf Land right now and then draw your own conclusion .

 

[Chainsawmassacre]

Ignorance is a republican virtue nowadays

After the Anschluss, Hitler's Austrian and German armies were fully integrated. During the war, 800,000 Austrians volunteered for Nazi Germany in the Wehrmacht and a further 150,000 Austrians joined up to the Nazi party's military wing, known as the Waffen-SS.

Austria under National Socialism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Austria_und...

 

[Lovebug]

Election of the new US President in 2021 as the main reason for a better attitude towards the USA among the Austrian population​

Vienna (OTS) - A survey by the Austrian American Society (ÖAG) from the beginning of 2022 (sample 500, representative of the Austrian population) shows a clear shift in sentiment in Austria towards the USA in a positive direction.

From a previously rather neutral approach, perception changed in a predominantly positive direction. The majority (88%) gave the election decision in October 2021 for the new President Biden and the associated voting out of former President Trump as the main reason.

Basically, the USA is important for around two thirds (67%) of Austrians, and they actively deal with the USA at least once a month.

The US economy is predominantly perceived as digital (72%), risk-taking (62%), innovative (58%) and business-friendly (45%). About half of the respondents (51%) consider the influence of the USA on Austria's economy to be important, three quarters (75%) see a high influence of the USA on the global economy.

The majority see the contribution of the USA to combating the global climate crisis as small.

When it comes to the question of the importance of the USA for tourism in Austria, the answers are balanced (31% important, 33% less important, 37% partly-partially), but a majority considers the relevance of US policy for Austria to be important ( 41% important, 17% less important, 42% partly-partly).

Film (86%), music (75%) and fashion (51%) are seen as the cultural areas where US influence is above average.

The importance of sport in the USA (35% very high) is rated higher by those surveyed than in Austria (28% very high).

"The importance of the USA is perceived in many different ways by the Austrian population and shapes us politically, economically, but also in sporting and cultural terms," says Philipp Bodzenta, President of the ÖAG, which has set itself the task of strengthening this bilateral country relationship. "In addition to the many mostly positive qualitative experiences that we experience in the exchange with the USA, we now have for the first time a quantitative representation of perception from an Austrian point of view."

The ÖAG, which was founded on January 6, 1946 with the task of distributing the care packages, now has the motto "building bridges".

"We make this bridge-building between the countries possible through various activities such as events and information on different key topics, which took place on the digital level, especially in times of a pandemic. We are pleased to be able to offer all people and companies interested in the USA a platform and a network.” adds ÖAG Secretary General Rainer Newald.

For the present survey, the beginning of the year is a good anchor for an ongoing measurement, which will be carried out regularly from now on.

Questions & contact:

RAINER NEWALD
Secretary General
Stallburggasse 2, A-1010 Vienna
Tel. +436642827608
rainer.newald@oag.at

Positive Wahrnehmung der USA in Österreich gestiegen

Wahl des neuen US-Präsidenten 2021 als Hauptmotiv für bessere Einstellung bei der österreichischen Bevölkerung zu den USA

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Interesting.

Who cares.

 

[snakestretcher]

After the Anschluss, Hitler's Austrian and German armies were fully integrated. During the war, 800,000 Austrians volunteered for Nazi Germany in the Wehrmacht and a further 150,000 Austrians joined up to the Nazi party's military wing, known as the Waffen-SS.

Austria under National Socialism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Austria_und...

Hint; the year is 2022. Why are you so intent on conflating what happened almost a century ago with today's Austria? Maybe I should blame Italy for Mussolini, or the Catholic church in Spain for the Inquisition and witch burnings 600 years ago, and the ensuing 30,000+ executions. What do you think?

 

[Peter King]

Improved appreciation from a bunch of Fascists is downright hysterically funny .

Austria is so extreme that some Dot Connectors believe that it has become a reception area for the Fourth Reich -- excluding the CIA and NASA obviously !.
What proportion of the no doubt specially selected sample had blue eyes and fair hair ?

Fascist? Only 16.2% voted for what could be called right wing extremism. 37.5% are central liberal conservatives, 21.5% social democrats, 13.9% green party and 8.1% for liberals democrats.

So fourth reich? That is more like fourth level nonsense. Austria doesn't even come in the top 10 of countries with most blond haired people.

 

[phoenix2020]

After the Anschluss, Hitler's Austrian and German armies were fully integrated. During the war, 800,000 Austrians volunteered for Nazi Germany in the Wehrmacht and a further 150,000 Austrians joined up to the Nazi party's military wing, known as the Waffen-SS.

Austria under National Socialism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Austria_und...

You're one of those people who will rail against any discussion about America's racism 100 years ago on a CRT thread, day after day, then come here to criticize what Austrians did 100 years ago, huh? Does the cognitive dissonance affect you in any way, or do you just tune it out?

 

[snakestretcher]

You're one of those people who will rail against any discussion about America's racism 100 years ago on a CRT thread, day after day, then come here to criticize what Austrians did 100 years ago, huh? Does the cognitive dissonance affect you in any way, or do you just tune it out?

You won't get anything like a rational response from an angry and agenda-driven zealot-especially when you mix toxic ignorance into that cocktail.

 

[phoenix2020]

You won't get anything like a rational response from an angry and agenda-driven zealot-especially when you mix toxic ignorance into that cocktail.

I know. If I even get a response, it will be a chain saw massacre of a post.

 

[Chainsawmassacre]

Hint; the year is 2022. Why are you so intent on conflating what happened almost a century ago with today's Austria? Maybe I should blame Italy for Mussolini, or the Catholic church in Spain for the Inquisition and witch burnings 600 years ago, and the ensuing 30,000+ executions. What do you think?

Yet you leftist still blame today's America for slavery and killing Indians. LOL

 

[Tender Branson]

So much stupidity in this thread coming from Monica & Chainsaw.

As has been said by others, Austrians today have not much to do with Nazi-Austria of 80 years ago.

80% of people are voting for mainstream democratic parties and 20% for far-right ones that can be described nationalist or neo-Nazi or Trumpist.

Besides, the Trump-wing of the R party today has a bigger share (30-45%) and is more radical and Nazi-like than even most of our far-right FPÖ voters …

 

[Common Sense 1]

If they are so enamored with Biden they can have him as their leader.
Guess they don't know what a hot mess his administration is?

 

[Chainsawmassacre]

You're one of those people who will rail against any discussion about America's racism 100 years ago on a CRT thread, day after day, then come here to criticize what Austrians did 100 years ago, huh? Does the cognitive dissonance affect you in any way, or do you just tune it out?

Yet you leftist still blame today's America for slavery and killing Indians. LOL

 

[Tender Branson]

If they are so enamored with Biden they can have him as their leader.
Guess they don't know what a hot mess his administration Is?

His administration is far more democratic and less authoritarian/totalitarian than Trumps.

That is why Austrian opinion of the US went up (and also in most other EU countries).

 

[Lovebug]

His administration is far more democratic and less authoritarian/totalitarian than Trumps.

That is why Austrian opinion of the US went up (and also in most other EU countries).

So what? Shall we have Austria approving our next nominee before we put him/her on the ballot?

 

[Tender Branson]

So what? Shall we have Austria approving our next nominee before we put him/her on the ballot?

LOL, no.

But what has this to do with anything ?

It just shows that people in all European countries approve of Democratic presidents in the US, while we dislike any Republican president because of their backwards and idiotic (sometimes racist) policies.

 

[snakestretcher]

If they are so enamored with Biden they can have him as their leader.
Guess they don't know what a hot mess his administration is?

Because Trump's was so successful, free of scandal, lies and deceit, and all his election promises were kept. Right? How's the new and improved healthcare plan promised "within about two weeks" back in September 2020, for example? The promise that new, 'clean coal' mines would be providing employment for out of work miners? Your Dear Leader lied to you and those who voted for him every damn day of his one-term disaster, and you lapped it up. You probably still do.

 

[NuffSaid]

LOL, no.

But what has this to do with anything ?

It just shows that people in all European countries approve of Democratic presidents in the US, while we dislike any Republican president because of their backwards and idiotic (sometimes racist) policies.

They are angry that their hero and idol Trump is not as liked around the world as he liked in their little cult.