Foreign countries and world leaders
A 1984 poll for the Sunday Times
MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,081 adults aged 18+ in 54 constituency sampling points across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted face-to-face, in street, on 15 June 1984. Data were weighted to match the profile of the population. The survey was conducted for the Sunday Times.
Q I am going to read out the names of a number of countries. For each one, please tell me whether you personally regard it favourably, unfavourably or neither favourably nor unfavourably.
| |
|
Favour
-ably |
Neither/ nor
|
Unfav-
ourably |
Don't know
|
Net |
| Switzerland |
% |
80 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
+76 |
| Sweden |
% |
78 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
+73 |
| West Germany |
% |
68 |
12 |
13 |
7 |
+55 |
| United States |
% |
63 |
15 |
18 |
4 |
+45 |
| Italy |
% |
51 |
21 |
20 |
8 |
+31 |
| Portugal |
% |
47 |
21 |
17 |
15 |
+30 |
| Japan |
% |
50 |
17 |
24 |
9 |
+26 |
| Greece |
% |
44 |
23 |
19 |
13 |
+25 |
| Spain |
% |
48 |
21 |
24 |
7 |
+24 |
| China |
% |
43 |
21 |
22 |
14 |
+21 |
| Poland |
% |
40 |
19 |
29 |
12 |
+11 |
| France |
% |
44 |
14 |
36 |
6 |
+8 |
| Israel |
% |
32 |
21 |
33 |
14 |
-1 |
| Algeria |
% |
10 |
26 |
34 |
30 |
-24 |
| Soviet Union |
% |
14 |
16 |
62 |
8 |
-48 |
Q For each of the following heads of government, please would you tell me whether you regard him/her favourably, unfavourably, or neither favourably nor unfavourably.
| |
|
Favour
-ably |
Neither/ nor
|
Unfav-
ourably |
Don't know
|
Net |
| Helmut Kohl |
% |
42 |
13 |
13 |
32 |
+29 |
| Indira Gandhi |
% |
45 |
19 |
27 |
9 |
+18 |
| Ronald Reagan |
% |
47 |
14 |
34 |
5 |
+13 |
| Francois Mitterrand |
% |
40 |
18 |
29 |
13 |
+11 |
| Deng Xiaoping |
% |
21 |
12 |
11 |
56 |
+10 |
| Olaf Palme |
% |
17 |
9 |
8 |
66 |
+9 |
| Andreas Papandreou |
% |
20 |
16 |
20 |
44 |
0 |
| Mario Soares |
% |
12 |
12 |
12 |
64 |
0 |
| Felipe Gonzales |
% |
12 |
10 |
14 |
62 |
-2 |
| Bettino Craxi |
% |
5 |
9 |
13 |
73 |
-8 |
| Konstantin Chernenko |
% |
8 |
15 |
40 |
37 |
-32 |
| Fidel Castro |
% |
8 |
9 |
62 |
21 |
-54 |
| Ayatollah Khomeini |
% |
3 |
3 |
82 |
12 |
-79 |
| Colonel Gadaffi |
% |
3 |
4 |
84 |
9 |
-81 |
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