I have not seen a recent detailed survey about American voters' knowledge of British or European politics, similar to the survey of British knowledge about America discussed in my last post. However, a 2006 Zogby poll found that about 50% of Americans could not identify Tony Blair as the Prime Minister of Great Britain; this at a time when Blair's government was America's most important ally in Iraq and on many other important issues.

On the plus side, the poll did find that one prominent Briton was correctly identified by some 57% of Americans: Harry Potter. However, even Potter was not correctly identified by as many Americans as the Three Stooges (73%) and Homer Simpson (60%).