ABC News/Washington Post Hostage Release Poll, June 1985 (ICPSR 8585)
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ABC News;
The Washington Post
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08585.v1
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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.
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(1) For reasons of confidentiality, respondents' phone numbers have been replaced with blanks. A weight variable is included that must be used in any analysis.
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Households were selected by random digit dialing.
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The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over.
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telephone interviews
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1988-10-25
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- ABC News/Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST HOSTAGE RELEASE POLL, JUNE 1985. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988., 2008-07-24. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08585.v1
2008-07-24 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.
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