Rasmussen survey: Americans would defend Israel

 

Toplines - Which Countries Would US Defend - September 3-6, 2009
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 3-6, 2009
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?

France
45% Yes, the U.S. should defend France if it's attacked
37% No
18% Not sure

2* Israel
59% Yes, the U.S. should defend Israel
29% No
12% Not sure

3* Mexico
59% Yes, the U.S. should defend Mexico
28% No
13% Not sure

4* Japan
46% Yes, the U.S. should defend Japan
41% No
13% Not sure

5* Okay, Germany..if Germany is attacked should the United States offer
military assistance to defend Germany?
53% Yes
33% No
14% Not sure

6* Great Britain
73% Yes, the U.S. should defend Great Britain
18% No
10% Not sure

7* Canada
78% Yes, the U.S. should defend Canada
16% No
6% Not sure

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