National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 17, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Iran says its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful energy purposes. The U.S., Israel and the European Union believe it is intended to develop nuclear weapons. Do you believe Iran's nuclear program is for energy purposes or for weapons development?

8% Energy
74% Weapons
18% Not sure

2* What is more important, preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons or preventing war between Israel and Iran?

52% Preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons
30% Preventing war between Israel and Iran
17% Not sure

3* If Israel attacks Iran, should the United States help Israel, help Iran, or do nothing?

42% Help Israel
1% Help Iran
46% Do nothing
11% Not sure

4* How likely is it that Iran will try to provoke an incident or attack Israel to influence the U.S. Presidential election?

20% Very likely

27% Somewhat likely

30% Not very likely

8% Not at all likely

14% Not sure

5* Okay… how likely is it that the U.S. will launch a military attack against Iran before the Presidential election this November?

11% Very likely

22% Somewhat likely

40% Not very likely

41% Not at all likely

13% Not sure

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