Recognition of World Leaders in Great Britain
Q Who is this world leader, and which country does he represent?
Q Who is this world leader, and which country does he represent?
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% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Leader | ||||||
Helmut Kohl | 39 | * | 0 | * | 0 | 0 |
Binyamin Netanyahu | * | 22 | 0 | * | 0 | * |
Bill Clinton | * | 1 | 93 | 0 | * | 0 |
Boris Yeltsin | 1 | * | * | 58 | * | 0 |
Bertie Ahern | 0 | * | 0 | * | 12 | 0 |
Jacques Chirac | * | 1 | 0 | * | * | 22 |
Francois Mitterrand | * | * | 0 | 0 | * | 5 |
Yitzhak Rabin | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mikhail Gorbachev | 1 | * | 0 | 4 | 0 | * |
Albert Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Don't know | 57 | 76 | 6 | 36 | 86 | 71 |
Country | ||||||
Germany | 51 | * | 0 | 2 | 0 | * |
Israel | * | 30 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
United States of America (USA) | 1 | 1 | 97 | * | * | * |
Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 84 | * | * |
Republic of Ireland | * | * | 0 | * | 24 | * |
France | 3 | 4 | 0 | * | 1 | 49 |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * |
Belgium | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Holland | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Italy | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Spain | 0 | * | 0 | * | 0 | * |
Other | 1 | 2 | * | * | 1 | 1 |
Don't know | 40 | 61 | 2 | 13 | 73 | 48 |
Technical details
MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 970 respondents aged 15+ at 79 sampling points across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted face-to-face on 21-24 May 1998. Data were weighted to match the profile of the population. Fieldwork was conducted as part of MORI's regular Omnibus for The Economist.