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Public Opinion on Human Rights in American Foreign Policy (Part II)—Table 15
Assessments of U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions by Hard-Liners, Isolationists, Internationalists, and Accommodationists in the FPLP Surveys of U.S. Opinion Leaders, 1984-1992
"Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement."
[% Agree strongly + Agree somewhat]
| Year | All Respondents | Hard-Liners | Isolationists |
Interna- tionalists |
Accommoda- tionists |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failing to impose economic sanctions on South Africa | 1984 | 44 | 68 | 47 | 53 | 32 |
| Placing sanctions on Poland after the imposition of martial law | 1984 | 58 | 72 | 48 | 67 | 50 |
| Imposing economic sanctions on South Africa for its policy of apartheid | 1988 | 62 | 30 | 54 | 53 | 78 |
| Lifting economic sanctions that had been imposed on South Africa | 1992 | 70 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 62 |
| Returning refugees to Haiti | 1992 | 50 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 36 |
| Too many Iraquis were killed in the Persian Gulf War | 1992 | 38 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 56 |
| The U.S. should exercise its power in such a way as to assure continuing stability in world affairs even at the cost of denying self-determination to some groups | 1992 | 52 | 70 | 57 | 62 | 42 |
| Granting Most Favored Nation Trade Status to China | 1992 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 30 |
Differences significant at the .001 level for all items.