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Rasmussen: 57% Want Military Response to North Korea Missile Launch
2009-04-05
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North KoreaÂ’s missile launching capability. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure.

The telephone survey was conducted Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, the two days immediately prior to North KoreaÂ’s launch. The question asked about a military response if North Korea actually did launch a long-range missile.

Support for a military response comes from 66% of Republicans, 52% of Democrats and 54% of those not affiliated with either major political party. There is no gender gap on the issue as a military response is favored by 57% of men and 57% of women.

Overall, 75% of voters say theyÂ’ve been closely following news stories about the possible launch. That figure includes 40% whoÂ’ve followed the news Very Closely.

Seventy-three percent (73%) are at least somewhat concerned that North Korea will use nuclear weapons against the United States. ThatÂ’s up just a few points from 69% who held that view in October 2006. Prior to that survey, North Korea had successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.

Forty-four percent (44%) now say North Korea is somewhere between an ally and an enemy, while eight percent (8%) are not sure.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Republicans consider North Korea an enemy of the United States. That view is shared by 50% of unaffiliateds and 28% of Democrats. Most Democrats (57%) place North Korea somewhere between ally and enemy.

Only 27% say the United States should help North Korea rebuild its economy if it is willing to abandon its missile program. Fifty-one percent (51%) are opposed to such financial aid. These findings are largely unchanged from mid-February.
Posted by:Sherry

#10  ION NOKOR, WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC US REAL FEAR IS NOT NORTH KOREA'S SATELLITE MISSLE, BUT CHINA'S GROWING POWER; + TROUBLE AGAIN IN THE CHINA SEA: VIETNAMESE MARITME PATROL SEIZES CHINESE VESSEL [Spratleys/Nanshas; Vessel = HK-registered].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-04-05 22:55  

#9  What's scary is that 3% think of the NorKs as an ally.
Posted by: IG-88   2009-04-05 22:20  

#8  Hey, dihydrogen monoxide is dangerous stuff! People have died from breathing too much of it!
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-04-05 22:05  

#7  I'm sure you could get a similar percentage who would agree with the statements "Would you like to see the US out of North America?" and "Would you like to ban dihydrogen minoxide?"
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-04-05 21:35  

#6  Exactly, Thing (and Instapundit reader who made the comment). Pretty hard - no, make that impossible - to believe the number's anything close to 57% in an electorate so doggedly unserious about the serious matters before the nation.
Posted by: Verlaine   2009-04-05 21:17  

#5  instapundit got a comment from a reader, where were all these people on election day?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-04-05 21:13  

#4  I find the poll hard to believe. I doubt that 50% even heard that NK has a missile. I would say that 1/3 wouldn't even know where NK was on the map.
Posted by: Penguin   2009-04-05 20:14  

#3  I'd wait a week and ask for 75%. People are fickle. When they find out Madonna didn't get her kid, they'll want to declare war on Uganda instead. Or Rwanda. Wherever.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-04-05 19:24  

#2  Remember, we are the majority. Don't let the wingnuts run over us.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-04-05 19:07  

#1  HMMMMMMMM, and IRAN? SOMALIA? RUSSIA repor desires that its proposed FUTURE ARCTIC BASE(S)? BE ITS MOST IMPORTANT = "STRATEGIC" AFTER 2016 -2020.

STAR TREK'S MR SPOCK > "THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY" Movie = As the old Vulcan saying goes, "ONLY OBAMA [Nixon] CAN GO TO AFRICA [China]"???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-04-05 19:00  

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