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Research & Outreach > Center for the Study of Politics and Governance > Elections Projects > Polling Archives > Minnesota Poll Archive

Policy

Untitled Document

Terrorism

* Likelihood and Fear of Terrorist Attack

* War on Terrorism

* National Security vs. Civil Liberties

* Air Transportation Security

* Terrorism Altering Personal Behavior

Likelihood and Fear of Terrorist Attack

"How likely do you think it is that there will be another terrorist attack in the United States within the next few months?"

Date	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Somewhat unlikely	Very unlikely	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Sept. 7-13, 2004	13%	43%	25%	10%	9%	1035 LV	± 3.4
September 2-8, 2003	12%	42%	32%	9%	5%	817	± 3.4
February 20-23, 2003	21%	47%	20%	8%	4%	845	± 3.4
October 11-16, 2002	18%	42%	23%	12%	5%	1048	± 3.0
August 20-25, 2002	18%	42%	23%	12%	5%	819	± 3.4

"How likely do you think it is that there will be another terrorist attack in the area where you live or work within the next few months?"

Date	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not very unlikely	Not at all likely	No opinion	Sample	MoE
February 20-23, 2003	1%	9%	26%	61%	3%	845	± 3.4
October 11-16, 2002	1%	5%	21%	70%	3%	1048	± 3.0
August 20-25, 2002	1%	5%	21%	70%	3%	819	± 3.4

"(As a result of the September 11th attack,) how fearful are you for your own safety here in the U.S.? Would you say you are very fearful, somewhat, only a little, or not at all fearful?"

Date	Very fearful	Somewhat fearful	Only a little fearful	Not at all fearful	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Feb. 20-23, 2003	2%	17%	34%	46%	1%	845	± 3.4
Aug. 20-25, 2002	3%	20%	37%	40%	0%	819	± 3.4
Oct. 8-10, 2001	2%	24%	39%	35%	0%	727	± 3.6

War on Terrorism

"How confident are you that the United States' forces and their allies will be able to (complete their mission to) destroy terrorist networks around the world?"

Date	Confident	Not confident	No opinion	Sample	MoE
September 2-8, 2003	58%	39%	3%	817	± 3.4
August 20-25, 2002	59%	39%	2%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	85%	12%	3%	727	± 3.6

"How (long/much longer) do you think this country's struggle against terrorism will last?"

Date	About a year	Several years	About 10 years	Much longer than 10 years	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Aug. 20-25, 2002	4%	30%	14%	48%	4%	819	± 3.4

National Security vs. Civil Liberties

"Which comes closer to your view … The government should take all steps necessary to prevent additional acts of terrorism in the U.S. even if it means a person's basic civil liberties could be violated, OR The government should take steps to prevent additional acts of terrorism but not if those steps would violate a person's basic civil liberties."

Date	Take all steps necessary	Don't violate civil liberties	No opinion	Sample	MoE
September 2-8, 2003	33%	61%	6%	817	± 3.4

"Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, do you think the U.S. government has gone too far in infringing on people's civil liberties to fight terrorism, has taken only the actions it needed to take, or does the government need to further infringe on people's civil liberties to fight terrorism effectively?"

Date	Gone too far	Taken only actions needed	Needs to further infringe	No opinion	Sample	MoE
September 2-8, 2003	30%	45%	18%	7%	817	± 3.4

"(The federal government could do other things it says would increase national security). Do you support or oppose stopping and searching people based on their race or ethnic appearance."

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	36%	61%	3%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10 2001	25%	71%	4%	727	± 3.6

"(The federal government could do other things it says would increase national security). Do you support or oppose requiring everyone living in the U.S. to have a federally issued photo ID card."

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	69%	26%	5%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10 2001	73%	24%	3%	727	± 3.6

"(The federal government could do other things it says would increase national security). Do you support or oppose expanded monitoring of phone calls and e-mail."

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	30%	63%	7%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10 2001	44%	47%	9%	727	± 3.6

"(The federal government could do other things it says would increase national security). Do you support or oppose allowing police to set up random road blocks to search vehicles?"

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	47%	48%	5%	819	± 3.4

"(The federal government could do other things it says would increase national security). Do you support or oppose video surveillance of public places such as street corners and neighborhoods?"

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	65%	31%	4%	819	± 3.4

Air Transportation Security

(Now thinking about some things the U.S. has done since the September 11 terrorist attacks…) “Do you think recent airport security measures put in place around the country have made traveling very inconvenient, somewhat inconvenient, or not at all inconvenient?"

Date	Very	Somewhat	Not at all	Made no difference (vol.)	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Aug. 20-25, 2002	9%	56%	24%	2%	9%	819	± 3.4

"How successful do you think these airport security measures are at preventing terrorism? Would you say completely successful, somewhat successful, somewhat unsuccessful, or completely unsuccessful?"

Date	Completely successful	Somewhat successful	Somewhat unsuccessful	Completely unsuccessful	No opinion
August 20-25, 2002	4%	59%	25%	7%	5%

Sample: 819
MoE: ± 3.4

"Do you think these airport security measures have gone too far or not far enough?"

Date	Too far	Not far enough	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	13%	65%	22%	819	± 3.4

"Do you support or oppose allowing pilots on U.S. domestic flights to carry firearms?"

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	69%	24%	7%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	61%	34%	5%	727	± 3.6

"As you may know, the federal government is requiring airports to increase security measures, which will affect how people travel. How willing would you be to do each of the following, if it means air travel will be more secure? Would you be ...?"

Security measure	Very willing	Somewhat willing	Somewhat unwilling	Very unwilling	No opinion
Take several hours longer to check in before flights	52%	30%	10%	5%	0%
Park farther away from the terminal at the airport	62%	21%	5%	5%	3%
Have your bags searched before you board the plane	71%	14%	1%	1%	0%
Pay an additional $5 or $6 per round-trip ticket to help with security costs	71%	19%	1%	4%	1%

Poll: October 8-10, 2001
Sample: 727
MoE: ± 3.6

"Do you support or oppose using U.S. soldiers to guard airports?"

Date	Support	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
October 8-10, 2001	89%	10%	1%	727	± 3.6

"Several days after the September 11th attack, Northwest Airlines refused to allow several passengers with Middle Eastern appearances to fly, and put them on another airline where they finished their trip. Do you think Northwest was right or wrong?"

Date	Right	Wrong	Mixed feelings (vol.)	No opinion	Sample	MoE
October 8-10, 2001	56%	31%	7%	6%	727	± 3.6

Terrorism Altering Personal Behavior

"Some people are doing things to prepare for a possible terrorist attack here in the United States, while others are not. Have you, yourself, stocked up on things such as bottled water, batteries, plastic and duct tape or canned food?"

Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
February 20-23, 2003	9%	91%	0%	845	± 3.4

"As a result of the attack, do you think most Americans (will permanently change/have permanently changed) the way they live, or not?"

Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	33%	63%	4%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	59%	38%	3%	727	± 3.6

"Have you, yourself, made changes in your daily routines as a result of the September 11th attack?"

Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	20%	79%	1%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	14%	86%	0%	727	± 3.6

"Are you less willing to fly right now, or not?"

Date	Yes, less willing	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
October 8-10, 2001	31%	67%	2%	727	± 3.6

"Some people have been able to do things to help the victims of the September 11th attack, while other have not. Have you, yourself …"

Act of assistance	Yes	No	No opinion
Donated money?	53%	47%	0%
Donated blood?	12%	88%	0%
Prayed for the victims and their families?	88%	12%	0%

Poll: October 8-10, 2001
Sample: 727
MoE: ± 3.6

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