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Questions - Citizenship - September 29-30, 2013

26% Think It's Too Easy To Become A U.S. Citizen
49% Say Founding Fathers Would See U.S. Today As a Failure
9% Have Considered Quitting Their U.S. Citizenship
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 29-30, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Are you a citizen of the United States?

2* How long have you been a U.S. citizen - all your life, more than 10 years, five to 10 years, one to five years or less than a year? [Asked to 977 Adults who are U.S. citizens]

3* Have you ever considered giving up your U.S. citizenship? [Asked to 977 Adults who are U.S. citizens]

4* Are you a citizen of another country?

5* How important is it to be a citizen of the United States?

6* Should U.S. citizens also be allowed to be citizens of other countries?

7* Is it too easy or too hard to become a U.S. citizen, or is the level of difficulty about right?

8* Some people say the United States is more than a nation because it represents the idea of individual freedom. Do you think of the United States more as a nation or more as an idea?

9* If the Founding Fathers came back today, would they consider the United States a success or a failure?

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