Nuclear Weapons

• Polls show Americans don't like new nuclear weapons. July 29, 2005
  
  
• “National Study Conducted by University of New Mexico Shows Public Believes US Faces Nuclear Threats,” 1993-97, University of New Mexico
  The Cold War has been over for more than seven years, but most Americans continue to believe the US remains at risk of nuclear conflict, and they support maintenance of a stockpile of nuclear weapons to ensure the safety of the country.
  
  
• "Public Apathetic About Nuclear Terrorism,” April 1996, Pew Research Center
  Most Americans acknowledge the fact that terrorists could strike a US city with a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon, yet few worry about the possibility.
  
  
• “US Public Opinion Poll on Nuclear Weapons,” March 1997, Lake Sosin Snell & Associates
  In a poll of Americans conducted by Lake Sosin Snell & Associates for Abolition 2000, the American people are strongly in favor of eliminating all nuclear weapons.
  
  
• "Americans Unmoved by Washington’s Big Stories: 77% Fear Nuclear, Biological Terrorism,” 1997, Pew Research Center
  
  
• “More Comfort with Post-Cold War Era ,” October 1997, Pew Research Center
   (Scroll to Nuclear Proliferation and Energy Top Goals)
  
  
• “Canadians' Views on a Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons ,” February 1998, Angus Reid Group, Inc.
  Canadians overwhelmingly support abolishing nuclear weapons, according to a poll commissioned by the Canadian Peace Alliance.
  
  
• “Majority of Americans Support Nuclear Weapons Reductions/Elimination,” 1998, Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
  Prior to a meeting in Moscow between Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin to consider how to jumpstart their stalled efforts to reduce remaining US and Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles, public opinion surveys of American voters show that a majority support US nuclear weapons policies that would either reduce or eliminate nuclear weapons.
  
  
• “Re-START Nuclear Weapons Reductions Strong Public Support for Deep Cuts,” September 1999, Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
  The Clinton Administration will have to move quickly and decisively to reach agreement with Russia if it wants to achieve real progress on reducing the massive nuclear arsenals built up during the Cold War.
  
  
• “Nuclear Weapons: The Russian Public Speaks,” November 1999, Center for Policy Studies in Russia and the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute
  For the first time, a public opinion poll reveals what the Russian public thinks about a wide range of nuclear security issues, from the START process to nuclear smuggling.
  
  
• “Survey Shows Public Concerned Over National Security, Still Supports Nuclear Arsenal,” August 2000, Institute for Policy Studies (University of New Mexico)
  The world is a more dangerous place than it was during the Cold War, and the US needs nuclear weapons and ballistic missile defenses to maintain its security. Further, while the stockpile should be smaller, funding should be allocated to maintain the quality of the deterrent.
  
  
• “Two Years Later, the Fear Lingers - 75% Say It's a More Dangerous World ,” September 2003, Pew Research Center
  As the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, heightened public concern about international threats persists. Fully three-quarters of Americans see the world as a more dangerous place than a decade ago, up from 53% in a Pew survey conducted in early September 2001
  
  
• “Foreign Affairs and Defense Issues in the US ,” March 2004, PollingReport.com
  
  
• “Americans on WMD Proliferation,” April 2004, Program on International Policy Attitudes
  Weapons of mass destruction are very much in the news these days.  The war against Iraq was premised largely on the concern that Iraq already had a large and growing stockpile of unconventional weapons and would not be easily deterred from using them.
  
  
• “The 2004 Political Landscape - Evenly Divided and Increasingly Polarized ,” 2004, Pew Research Center
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• “Poll: Most in US Oppose Nuclear Weapons,” March 2005, Associated Press
  Most Americans surveyed in a poll say they do not think any country, including the United States, should have nuclear weapons. That sentiment is at odds with current efforts by some nations that are trying to develop the weapons and by terrorists seeking to add them to their arsenal.
  
  
• Opinion Poll: What do you think we should do with the Japanese Emperor after the war?, July 29, 1945
  
  
• Americans on WMD Proliferation