Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
The most worrisome conclusion to draw from this poll, is that 22% of Americans say we should have gone on fighting instead, losing half a million more American lives by invading the Japanese mainland (plus a million or more Japanese lives), to come to the same conclusion: Allied victory and finally an end to the fighting.
A million and a half more deaths, is what that 22% wanted before we ended the war.
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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51999
By Nearly 3-1 Margin, Americans Say It Was Right To Drop Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima; Nearly Half of Liberals Agree
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Chris Neefus
(CNSNews.com) – Americans agree 3-1 that it was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday.
Pollsters found that 61 percent of registered voters who responded said they thought it was the right thing to do, while just 22 percent thought it was wrong. 16 percent reported they did not know whether it was right or wrong.
The question, part of a public opinion poll on a variety of current events, asked:
“As you may know, on Aug 6th and Aug 9th in 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two. Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?”
Voters over 55 years old, most likely to remember the war and its aftermath, approved most strongly, 73 percent in favor and 13 percent against. Support dips as respondents get younger, with those aged 35 to 54 approving 60 - 23 percent and those aged 18-34 less certain. 50 percent of the younger demographic approves, with 32 percent disapproving and 18 percent undecided.
Though self-identified conservatives most strongly approved of the decision with 69 percent support, nearly half of those who said they were liberals also sided with President Truman. 47 percent of that group supported the decision, while 37 percent said it was wrong and 16 percent were unsure.
The poll was conducted by telephone and sampled 2,409 registered voters across the country from July 27 through August 3. Quinnipiac says the margin of error is +/- 2 percentage points.
A million and a half more deaths, is what that 22% wanted before we ended the war.
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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51999
By Nearly 3-1 Margin, Americans Say It Was Right To Drop Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima; Nearly Half of Liberals Agree
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Chris Neefus
(CNSNews.com) – Americans agree 3-1 that it was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday.
Pollsters found that 61 percent of registered voters who responded said they thought it was the right thing to do, while just 22 percent thought it was wrong. 16 percent reported they did not know whether it was right or wrong.
The question, part of a public opinion poll on a variety of current events, asked:
“As you may know, on Aug 6th and Aug 9th in 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two. Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?”
Voters over 55 years old, most likely to remember the war and its aftermath, approved most strongly, 73 percent in favor and 13 percent against. Support dips as respondents get younger, with those aged 35 to 54 approving 60 - 23 percent and those aged 18-34 less certain. 50 percent of the younger demographic approves, with 32 percent disapproving and 18 percent undecided.
Though self-identified conservatives most strongly approved of the decision with 69 percent support, nearly half of those who said they were liberals also sided with President Truman. 47 percent of that group supported the decision, while 37 percent said it was wrong and 16 percent were unsure.
The poll was conducted by telephone and sampled 2,409 registered voters across the country from July 27 through August 3. Quinnipiac says the margin of error is +/- 2 percentage points.
