ABC News/Washington Post Summit Poll, October 1986 ABC News The Washington Post armaments armed forces arms control congressional elections demographic characteristics detente diplomacy disarmament domestic policy elections foreign affairs Gorbachev, Mikhail leadership party identification political attitudes presidential performance Reagan, Ronald terrorism treaties weapons systems TPDRC.I ICPSR.XIV.C.1 This survey was conducted after the summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev in Iceland. Respondents were asked to evaluate Reagan's handling of the summit meeting, arms control, and relations with the Soviet Union. They were also asked their opinion of Gorbachev and whether or not the summit would affect which party they would vote for in the upcoming congressional election. In addition, political affiliation, race, and sex were recorded. 2008-10-09 survey data 8642 10.3886/ICPSR08642.v1 telephone interviews United States 1987-10-14 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).