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?

 
  % % % % % %
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.

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