Toplines - Defending Countries - September 3-6, 2010
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 3-6, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Sometimes, when a country is attacked, the United States
provides military assistance to help defend that country. Now, I’m going to
read you a short list of countries. For each, please tell me if the
United States should offer military assistance to defend that country if it is
attacked?
|
Country |
Yes |
No |
Not Sure |
|
Canada |
80% |
14% |
6% |
|
Great
Britain |
74% |
17% |
9% |
|
Israel |
61% |
26% |
13% |
|
Germany |
54% |
32% |
14% |
|
Mexico |
53% |
36% |
11% |
|
France |
46% |
38% |
16% |
|
Egypt |
44% |
35% |
21% |
|
Japan |
43% |
44% |
13% |
|
Afghanistan |
30% |
54% |
16% |
|
Iraq |
29% |
55% |
16% |
|
Venezuela |
27% |
55% |
18% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
25% |
58% |
17% |
|
Vietnam |
24% |
58% |
17% |
|
Pakistan |
23% |
57% |
19% |
|
Russia |
20% |
65% |
16% |
|
China |
18% |
66% |
16% |
|
North
Korea |
11% |
77% |
12% |
|
Iran |
8% |
78% |
14% |
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
