National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 5-6, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories about the 20^th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down?

15% Very closely

27% Somewhat closely

35% Not very closely

21% Not at all

2% Not sure

2* Which American president famously declared in a speech in Berlin, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”? – Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or Bill Clinton?

2% Gerald Ford

3% Jimmy Carter

84% Ronald Reagan

4% George H.W. Bush

1% Bill Clinton

5% Not sure

3* In terms of world history, how important was the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism?

70% Very important

23% Somewhat important

3% Not very important

1% Not at all important

3% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence