A recently released YouGov poll shows that Americans overwhelming believe Russian President Vladimir Putin has been far more effective during the Syrian chemical weapons crisis than President Obama.

In fact, it was not even close.

When asked, “Which world leader was most effective during the Syrian chemical weapons crisis?”, 49 percent of Americans gave the nod to Putin while only 25 percent pointed to Obama.

Among Republicans, the ratio was 63 percent for Putin to only 7 percent for Obama. Democrats gave Obama just under 50 percent approval while giving Putin 37 percent.

In response to, “Which world leader was the least effective during the Syrian chemical weapons crisis?”, Obama got 44 percent while Putin only received 10 percent among those polled.

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