CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES POLLFor release: Monday, June !, "#$%:"" a& ET'al( o( )&er*+ans Say -S- .oes No 'a0e a Res1ons*2*l*y *n Ira3
June 20-22, 201450% of Americans think the U.S. does not have a responsii!it" to do somethin# aout the recent vio!ence in $ra, &hi!e fe&er ' 42% - think the U.S. does. (ore )epu!icans than *emocrats or independents think the U.S. has a responsii!it" to do somethin# aout the vio!ence, ut even amon# )epu!icans, 42% think that is not the U.S.+s responsii!it".
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ota!)eps*ems$ndses42%52%4%/%o50425155Sti!!, the percenta#e that thinks the U.S. has a responsii!it" to address the vio!ence in $ra is hi#her than the percenta#es &ho thou#ht the U.S. had a responsii!it" in other recent internationa! crises, such as those in Ukraine 2% and S"ria 23%.
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esoio!ence in $ra o&42%50)ussia and Ukraine 20142%31he fi#htin# in S"ria 620123%3741% of Americans think 8resident 9arack :ama+s response to the vio!ence in $ra has een aout ri#ht, ut 26% think he shou!d e doin# more inc!udin# a ma;orit" of )epu!icans, and 22% think he shou!d e doin# !ess.
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ota!)eps*ems$ndsShou!d do more26%5%1%26%Shou!d do !ess22211625)i#ht amount41163/Some e<pect there to e repercussions in the U.S. from the vio!ence in $ra. 44% of Americans think the threat of terrorism a#ainst the U.S. &i!! increase as a resu!t of the current vio!ence there, ut more ' 50% - think it &i!! remain unchan#ed. (ost )epu!icans 30% think the terrorism threat a#ainst the U.S. &i!! increase, &hi!e *emocrats and independents are more doutfu!.
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