W. German Poll Favors the Gorbachevs
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COLOGNE, West Germany — Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev made a better impression on West Germans than President Reagan at the Geneva summit, while Raisa Gorbachev vastly outshone Nancy Reagan, according to a popularity poll released Tuesday.
The opinion survey, conducted by Emnid Institute of Bielefeld for West German television, showed that 32% of the respondents found Gorbachev the more appealing of the two leaders compared to 23% who preferred Reagan.
Among the leaders’ wives, people favored Raisa Gorbachev over Nancy Reagan by a lopsided 46% to 12%.
Emnid, an opinion research organization, questioned 501 randomly selected West Germans in the afterglow of the summit.
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