A new poll suggests the vast majority of Americans have a favourable view of the Great White North, more so than those who favour their Mexican neighbours to the south, their sitting president, both presidential candidates and the candidates’ spouses.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of 1,000 registered votes in the U.S. found 75 per cent had a favourable view of Canada, while only 3 per cent held a negative view.

In comparison, only 38 per cent of respondents indicated they viewed Mexico favourably, while 26 per cent held a negative view.

Fifty-one per cent of respondents held a favourable view of President Barack Obama, 28 per cent viewed Republican nominee Donald Trump positively and 37 per cent viewed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton positively.

Fifty-two per cent of respondents indicated they had an unfavourable view of Clinton, while 61 per cent had a negative view of Trump.

In the battle of possible first lady vs. first husband, former president Bill Clinton trumps his much younger opponent.

The poll found that 45 per cent of respondents have a favourable view of Bill Clinton, versus Melania Trump, viewed positively by 20 per cent of respondents.

The big villain in the poll was Russia’s president and frequently pictured shirtless strongman Vladimir Putin. Sixty-six per cent of respondents viewed him unfavourably, and only six per cent had a positive view.

Also maligned in the poll was the American media. As a whole, 59 per cent of respondents held an unfavourable view of the media, while 19 per cent held a positive view.

The poll was conducted between Sept. 16 and 19 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent.