START Treaty

And being as specific as you can, why do you think the new START Treat weakens / does not weaken the United States in the event of a need to protect ourselves and our homeland?

Weakens Asked of N=269; 45% of Sample

N=

Does not weaken Asked of N=78; 13% of Sample

N=

Makes the U.S. vulnerable by giving other countries an advantage Russia has too much control The U.S. will fall behind in weapons technology The U.S. should not need permission to defend itself U.S. needs arms superiority for world stability Generally think it does Countries should have equal weapons No country needs to make more weapons Refused/Not sure

78 53 46 44 30 9 4 2 3

29% 20% 17% 16% 11% 3% 1% 1% 1%

We could prevent with our existing military defense The U.S. already has enough nuclear weapons Russia or our allies would assist us because we have common interests Generally believe it does not U.S. does not have to fully disclose the nuclear weapons we have Other countries really can t harm us U.S. carefully researched this treaty Refused/Not sure

25 23 8 4 3 3 3 9

32% 29% 10% 5% 4% 4% 4% 12%