That Was The Week: Percentage points

3% of Americans think their president's moral standards are higher than those of the average married man

19% of Americans think Clinton was candid and open in his televised statement about the Lewinsky affair

37% of Americans say Clinton should resign if he had an affair with Lewinsky

39%

of Americans believe the President told Lewinsky to lie

51% of Americans think Clinton is covering something up

54% of Americans say that the President's moral standards are about the same as those of an average married man

55% of American women rate the President favourably

58% of German men would forgive Helmut Kohl for a scandal like the one surrounding President Clinton

67% of German women would forgive Helmut Kohl for a scandal like the one surrounding President Clinton

72% of Americans think there has been too much coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky alleged affair