TABLE 5
Assessments of Protecting the Global Environment* as a Foreign Policy Goal for the United States:
LEADERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, 1974-1994
- Question:
- "Here is a list of foreign policy goals that the United States might have. Please indicate how much importance you think should be attached to each goal."[Answer = % "Very important"]
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- Key to Surveys:
- CCFR = Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
- FPLP = Foreign Policy Leadership Project
- T-M = Times-Mirror Center for People and the Press
- NA = Question not asked
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| Year | Survey | Leaders | General Public |
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| 1974 | CCFR | NA | NA |
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| 1976 | FPLP | NA | |
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| 1978 | CCFR | NA | NA |
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| 1980 | FPLP | 48 | |
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| 1982 | CCFR | NA | NA |
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| 1984 | FPLP | 54 | |
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| 1986 | CCFR | NA | NA |
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| 1988 | FPLP | 69 | |
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| 1990 | CCFR | 72 | 58 |
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| 1992 | FPLP | 69 | |
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| 1993 | T-M** | 45 | 56 |
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| 1994 | CCFR | 49 | 58 |
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*The CCFR and T-M survey wording: "Improving the global environment."
** Response options different from other surveys. Reported percentages are for top priority rather than "very important."
