New Poll Shows More Trouble for New START

Conn Carroll / August 18, 2010

Last week Rasmussen Reports released a poll of 1,000 American adults on national security issues. The results were not good news for President Barack Obama’s New START agenda. Some of the questions included::

How important is America’s nuclear weapons arsenal to the country’s national security?

51% Very important
26% Somewhat important
11% Not very important
4% Not at all likely
8% Not sure

Should the United States reduce the number of nuclear weapons in its arsenal?

27% Yes
57% No
16% Not sure (more…)