NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Kennedy School of Government Civil Liberties

X. Last Questions

Note: As shown, some questions were asked only of subsets of respondents (e.g., people who said they had decided how they would vote). Unless otherwise indicated, the tables reflect percentages of the subset that was asked the question, not percentages of the overall population. An asterisk (*) indicates a response of less than 1 percent. A cross indicates a volunteered response.

64. How long do you think the war on terrorism is going to last? A few months? Less than a year? One to two years? Or more than two years?

 

A few months/Less than a year

1+

Don't know

 

NET

A few months

Less than a year

NET

One to two years

More than two years

11/12/01

11

3

8

85

21

64

4

65. Do you think that the US war against terrorism will in the long run make the world a safer place for today's children, a less safe place for today's children, or will it make no difference?

 

More safe

Less safe

No difference

Don't know

11/12/01

65

9

24

2

66. Do you think that the people who sent the recent letters containing anthrax spores were foreign terrorists similar to Osama Bin Laden, or domestic terrorists similar to Timothy McVeigh?

 

Foreign terrorists similar to Osama Bin Laden

Domestic terrorists similar to Timothy McVeigh

Don't know

11/12/01

43

41

16



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