In France, Germany and Spain, pluralities think their economies are doing well.

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Following legislative elections on March 14, Mr. Santos' situation looked even brighter, as U candidates won pluralities in the Senate and House of Representatives.

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The one positive for Romney before Perry entered the race was our consistent finding that pluralities of Republican voters expected Romney to be the nominee.

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The Pew Research Centre's survey of global attitudes last year discovered that most French and Dutch, as well as pluralities of Britons and Germans, think America is too religious.

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France and Britain, for example, both have national electoral systems in which a single member of parliament is elected for each district, and thus only big parties that can win pluralities in a district gain seats.

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Gallup surveys of public opinion in ex-Soviet republics found that there were large constituencies in favor of good relations with both the U.S. and Russia, but that pluralities or majorities tended to prefer good relations with Russia even if these good relations came at the expense of ties with America.

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