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Wisconsin: Terrorism

Assessment of War On Terror
Fear and Likelihood of Terrorist Attack
Preparedness for Terrorist Attack
Federal Governmental Protection from Terrorism
Patriot Act
National Security vs. Civil Rights

Assessment of War On Terror

Assessment of War on Terror

Poll	Date	U.S. & allies	Terrorists	Neither	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	March 26, 2008	53%	21%	21%	5%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	September 14, 2006	47%	29%	20%	4%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Who is winning the War on terrorism ... the United States and its allies or the terrorists?"

Assessment of War on Terror

Poll	Date	Winning	Losing	Neither	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	April 14-21, 2004	42%	33%	15%	10%	402	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	56%	18%	17%	9%	401	± 4.9

1 "Do you think the United States is winning or losing the war on terrorism?"

Government Efforts to Protect Americans from Terrorism

Poll	Date	Too much	Too little	Right amount	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	January 4-12, 2005	7%	54%	36%	3%	503	± 4.0

1 "As it conducts the war on terrorism, do you think the United States government is doing too much, too little, or the right amount to protect the rights of American citizens?"

Fear and Likelihood of Terrorist Attack

Fear Family Might Be Victim of Terrorist Attack

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	27%	73%	0%	401	± 4.9
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	October 17-29, 2001	23%	75%	2%	404	± 4.8

1 "Overall, are you worried that you or a member of your immediate family might become the victim of a terrorist attack?"

Likelihood of Terrorist Threats

Threat¹		Very likely	Somewhat likely	Somewhat unlikely	Very unlikely	No opinion
The US will be attacked by terrorists in a similar way that it was attacked on September 11th	March 6-14, 2003	34%	43%	11%	10%	3%
	October 17-29, 2001	36%	37%	17%	8%	2%
The US will be attacked within its borders by terrorists possessing biological weapons	March 6-14, 2003	25%	50%	17%	6%	3%
	October 17-29, 2001	43%	39%	9%	5%	4%
The US will face an attack by nuclear weapons from a terrorist nation	March 6-14, 2003	10%	32%	30%	25%	4%
	October 17-29, 2001	7%	25%	34%	31%	4%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College
Sample	401 (March 6-14, 2003) 404 (October 17-29, 2001)
MoE	± 4.9 (March 6-14, 2003) ± 4.8 (October 17-29, 2001)

1 "I'm going to read you a list of potential threats that the United States might face in the next ten years. For each one, please tell me how likely a threat you think it is: very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely, or very unlikely to occur in the next ten years?"

Preparedness for Terrorist Attack

Emergency Kit Prepared for Terrorist Attack

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	17%	83%	0%	401	± 4.9

1 "Do you have an emergency kit of food and supplies prepared in case of a terrorist attack?"

Federal Governmental Protection from Terrorism

Confidence in U.S. Governmental Protection from Future Terrorist Attacks

Confidence¹	October 17-29, 2001	March 6-14, 2003
A great deal	35%	20%
A fair amount	54%	57%
Not very much	11%	19%
No confidence at all	0%	5%
No opinion	0%	0%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College	WPR / St. Norbert College
Sample	404	401
MoE	± 4.8	± 4.9

1 "How much confidence do you have in the US government to protect its citizens from future terrorist attacks: a great deal, fair amount, not very much, or none at all?"

Patriot Act

Poll	Date	Good law	Minor changes	Major changes	Scrapped	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	October 23-27, 2004	12%	52%	20%	6%	10%	537 LV	± 4.0

1 "Right after 9/11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, which gave more power to government agencies to try to combat terrorism. Which one of the following comes closest to your view of the Patriot Act? It is a good law as it stands. It is basically sound but needs minor changes. It needs major changes. It should be scrapped entirely."

National Security vs. Civil Rights

Legality of Bush Administration Wiretapping Policy

Poll	Date	Obeyed the law	Broke the law	Not clear	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	February 10-12, 2006	31%	41%	21%	6%	600	± 4.1

1 "Based on what you know about the government wiretapping of certain phone calls, is it clear that President Bush obeyed the law? Is it clear that President Bush broke the law? Is it not clear? Or, are you unfamiliar with the matter?"

Censure of Bush for Wiretapping Policy

Poll	Date	Censure	Not censure	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	January 4-12, 2005	50%	46%	4%	503	± 4.0

1 "President Bush authorized wiretaps on telephone calls and e-mails of people suspected of involvement with terrorism, without first getting court approval to do so. Senator Russ Feingold has called for Congress to censure or officially reprimand Bush for doing this. Do you think Congress should or should not censure or officially reprimand Bush for authorizing these wiretaps?"