American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1994

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Label

American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1994

Creator

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Author

• Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• International relations
• Intervention (International law)
• NAFTA
• Policy sciences
• foreign affairs
• foreign aid
• foreign policy
• government spending
• immigration policy
• international relations
• Arab Israeli conflict
• military intervention
• national elites
• national interests
• policy making
• public approval
• public opinion
• survey
• trade policy
• leadership
• Commercial policy
• European unification
• Expenditures, Public

Genre

• survey

Summary

This study is part of a quadrennial series designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of both the general public and a select group of opinion leaders (or elites) on matters relating to foreign policy, and to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision-makers must operate. Both general public and elite respondents were queried regarding the biggest problems facing the United States, the spending levels for various federal government programs, the role of Congress in determining foreign policy, the impact of foreign policy on issues like prices and unemployment, and the Clinton Administration's handling of various problems such as the overall foreign policy, the overall trade policy, immigration, and the relations with Latin America, Japan, Russia, Cuba, Vietnam, and the Middle East. Questions were also asked about the government's reactions to the ongoing situations in Bosnia, North Korea, Haiti, Cuba, Rwanda, and the Middle East, the importance of various countries to America's vital interests, and possible adversaries or threats to the United States in the near future. Issues like the presence of NATO troops in Western Europe, the military role of Japan and Germany, the economic unification of Western Europe, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the illegal drugs problem were also explored. In addition, the elites were asked several questions about their political party affiliation and the strength of that affiliation. Demographic data such as religious preference, marital status, employment status, household composition, education, age, Hispanic origin, race, sex, and income were only collected for the general population sample