Texas

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

November 11, 2009

1* Should the shooting incident at Fort Hood be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act or by civilian authorities as a criminal act?

74% Military authorities as a terrorist act
16% Civilian authorities as a criminal act

9% Not sure

2* If convicted, should Major Nadal Malik Hasan receive the death penalty?

73% Yes

15% No

13% Not sure

3* Starting now, should the army remove from active duty all officers like Major Nadal Malik Hasan who try to make contact with radical terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda?

84% Yes

6% No

10% Not sure

4* How concerned are you that the shooting at Fort Hood will prompt a backlash against Muslims serving in the military- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not very concerned, not at all concerned?

27% Very concerned
31% Somewhat concerned
24% Not very concerned
17% Not at all concerned
2% Not sure

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