While Canadians have been hav­ing a love-​​in with Barack Obama this week, Americans appar­ently also have good feel­ings for their neigh­bor to the north.

Nine out of 10 Americans view Canada favor­ably, accord­ing to a recent Gallup Poll. Only six per­cent have a neg­a­tive view of Canada.

This is the fourth year in a row that Canada has topped the favor­a­bil­ity rat­ings. In 2008, 92 per­cent of Americans gave Canada favor­able marks.

The same sur­vey found that “Great Britain, another English-​​speaking ally of the United States, nearly matches Canada in its U.S. pop­u­lar­ity, with an 89% favor­able rat­ing. Japan and Germany fall a notch lower, viewed favor­ably by about 8 in 10 Americans, fol­lowed by France, India, and Israel, all with pos­i­tive rat­ings around 64%.”

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