Germans in the former East prioritize relations with Russia over U.S Germany who say it is more important % in former for their country to have a close relationship to Note: Don t know responses not shown. East and West Germany respondents live in former German Democratic Republic and Source: Korber-Stiftung survey conducted Sept. 9-28, 2019.
Among Germans, there is far more support for a close relationship with Russia in the former East than in the former West. Nearly four-in-ten East Germans say that they prefer close ties with Russia, compared with only 23% who say the same about the U.S. And West Germans are twice as likely to prefer a close relationship with the U.S. than with Russia.
Germans in the former East prioritize  | relations with Russia over U.S  | Germany who say it is more important  | % in former  | for their country to have a close relationship to  | Both (VOL)  | U.S  | Russia  | West  | 43%  | 29%  | 21%  | East  | 36  | 38  | 23  | Note: Don t know responses not shown. East and West Germany  | respondents live in former German Democratic Republic and  | pre 1990 Federal Republic of Germany, respectively.  | Source: Korber-Stiftung survey conducted Sept. 9-28, 2019.  | "Americans and Germans Differ in Their Views of Each Other and  | the World"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 