ABC News/WASHINGTON POST Hostage Release Poll, June 1985 / ABC NewsThe Washington Post.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

ABC News.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 8585.

ICPSR ; 8585

ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series ; 8585

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

TWA Flight 847 Hijacking Incident, 1985--Public opinion.

TWA Flight 847 Hijacking Incident, 1985.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

International relations.

Politics and government.

United States.

Middle East.

Middle East Region.

United States--Politics and government--1981-1989--Public opinion.

United States--Foreign relations--Israel--Public opinion.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States--Public opinion.

Israel.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This survey was conducted following the release of the hostages taken during the hijacking of a TWA flight by Arab terrorists on June 14, 1985. Respondents were asked if they approved of Ronald Reagan's handling of the situation and whether they agreed with the following statements: the United States was largely to blame for not having dealt firmly enough with terrorists in the past, ties to Israel should be reduced, military action should be taken against those responsible for the hijacking, the handling of the situation will help to reduce similar occurrences in the future, and Israel helped as much as it could with the situation. Respondents were also asked to assess more specifically Reagan's actions and the media coverage of the interviews with the hostages while they were still being held.

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61160569

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.