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| Just 18% Believe Iran has Stopped Nuclear Weapons Development Program |
| 2007-12-08 |
| This is beyond the definition of a landslide. Even the folks with the tinfoil hats don't believe this $hit! And I had no idea that the Dems in Congress made up 18% of the US population. Just 18% of American voters believe that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons program. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% disagree and say Iran has not stopped its nuclear weapons program. Twenty-one percent (21%) of men believe Iran has stopped the weapons development along with 16% of women. The survey was conducted following release of a government report saying that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program in 2003. The Rasmussen Reports survey also found that 67% of American voters believe that Iran remains a threat to the national security of the United States. Only 19% disagree while 14% are not sure. Fifty-nine percent (59%) believe that the United States should continue sanctions against Iran. Twenty percent (20%) disagree and 21% are not sure. Forty-seven percent (47%) believe it is Very Likely that Iran will develop nuclear weapons in the future and another 34% believe Iran is Somewhat Likely to do so. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of liberal voters believe that Iran has stopped its weapons program but 54% disagree. Among conservatives, just 8% believe Iran has stopped and 81% disagree. Despite the Iranian government's protestations to the contrary, an earlier survey found that 67% believed that IranÂ’s nuclear program is intended to develop nuclear weapons rather than nuclear energy. Another survey found that, most voters doubt the United States can count on its European allies when dealing with Iran. Just 1% of Americans view Iran as an ally of the United States. Sixty-two percent (62%) believe that Iran sponsors terrorist activities against the United States. Only 6% disagree and 32% are not sure. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #4 "Just 1% of Americans view Iran as an ally of the United States." I'd hope that's the 1% that were distracted and accidentally checked the wrong box. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-12-08 17:40 |
| #3 Heh, when it comes to issues of fact the US electorate is better qualified than our 'intelligence' agencies. Proposal: every voter gets $100 credit to be used to buy shares in a market where the intelligence questions (yes or no) are posed by the government. This would be similar to the existing on-line markets of this type. If they make money, they get to use the gain as a tax credit. You can bet that the research would be pretty good. These should be intelligence questions, not policy questions. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-12-08 14:24 |
| #2 Nah, the fringe are those who still approve of Congress' performance and that's in single digit now. The other ten percent are the 'penumbra' as our courts would say. They'd drink the Koolaid too, but only the sugar free lite stuff. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-12-08 09:09 |
| #1 Those 18% are the dhimocrat fringe. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-08 08:59 |