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Public Opinion on Human Rights in American Foreign Policy (Part II)—Table 13
Attitudes Toward Human Rights Issues in the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations Surveys of Leaders: 1974-1986:
The Impact of Ideology
[% Agree strongly + Agree somewhat]
| Year | All | Conservatives | Middle of road | Liberals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It is morally wrong to back military dictatorships that deny basic rights, even if we have military bases in those countries. | 1974 | 72 | 51 | 67 | 82 |
| The United States may have to support some dictators because they are friendly toward us and opposed to the Communists. | 1978 | 63 | 75 | 73 | 45 |
| 1982 | 65 | 83 | 74 | 43 | |
| We should take a more active role in opposing the policy of apartheid—that is, racial segregation—in South Africa. | 1974 | 59 | 22 | 51 | 78 |
| 1978 | 66 | 43 | 63 | 82 | |
| 1982 | 79 | 57 | 74 | 91 | |
| Support total or partial economic sanctions on South Africa | 1986 | 79 | 60 | 80 | 94 |
| How the Soviet Union handles the treatment of Jews or other minority groups is a matter of internal Soviet politics and none of our business. | 1974 | 34 | 46 | 40 | 26 |
| 1978 | 30 | 49 | 40 | 19 | |
| The U.S. should put pressure on countries which systematically violate basic human rights. | 1974* | 87 | 80 | 87 | 90 |
| 1978 | 78 | 59 | 69 | 89 |
Differences significant at the .001 level unless indicated otherwise by asterisk [*].