Questions - Pakistan - December 17-18, 2014
Voters Sour on Taliban But Reluctant to Chase Pakistan School Killers
Voters Say Taliban Not True to Islam
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted December 17-18, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you followed recent news
reports about a mass shooting at a school in Pakistan?
33% Very closely
39% Somewhat closely
19% Not very closely
8% Not
at all
2% Not sure
2* Generally
speaking, is Pakistan an ally of the United States, an enemy of the United
States or somewhere in between?
10% Ally
17% Enemy
66% Somewhere in between
7% Not sure
3* Should the United States help Pakistan find the
perpetrators of the school massacre and bring them to justice?
42% Yes
32% No
27% Not sure
4* Do you favor or oppose U.S. negotiations with the Taliban to
help bring the war in Afghanistan to an end?
27% Favor
50% Oppose
23% Not sure
5* Do you believe the Taliban represents
true Islamic beliefs?
16% Yes
69% No
16% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of
confidence