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Questions - Hiroshima - August 7-8, 2012

58% Say Bombing Hiroshima, Nagasaki Was Good Decision
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 7-8, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Was the United States’ decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II a good decision or a bad decision?

2* Did the United States’ dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki save a lot of American lives?

3* Should the United States apologize to Japan for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence