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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 |