|
CBS News/New
York Times Poll. April 15-17, 2000. N=1,150 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for
all adults). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
|
|
ALL |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-64 |
65
&
Older |
|
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
"Looking
back at the war in Vietnam, do you think we did the right thing in getting into the
fighting in Vietnam, or should we have stayed out?" |
|
Did the right thing |
24 |
31 |
26 |
21 |
19 |
|
Should have stayed out |
60 |
55 |
58 |
67 |
61 |
|
Don' t know |
16 |
14 |
16 |
12 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
| "Some people say the
American role in Vietnam was a noble cause. Other people say it was wrong and immoral. Do
you think it was a noble cause, or wrong and immoral?" |
|
Noble cause |
37 |
41 |
38 |
40 |
26 |
|
Wrong and immoral |
35 |
30 |
36 |
37 |
35 |
|
Wrong, but not immoral (vol.) |
8 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
|
Neither (vol.) |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
Both (vol.) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
|
Don't know |
13 |
18 |
13 |
8 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
| "Do you believe that
any American MIAs -- those soldiers who are regarded as missing in action -- are still
alive in Vietnam?" |
|
Yes |
49 |
48 |
52 |
48 |
48 |
|
No |
40 |
40 |
40 |
42 |
37 |
|
Don't know |
11 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
| "As best you recall,
which side did the United States support in the war: North Vietnam or South Vietnam?" |
|
North Vietnam |
18 |
22 |
24 |
13 |
8 |
|
South Vietnam |
57 |
47 |
53 |
66 |
60 |
|
Don't know |
25 |
31 |
23 |
21 |
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
| "How much impact do
you think our involvement in the war in Vietnam has had on American foreign policy today:
a lot, some, not much, or no impact at all?" |
|
A lot |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
Some |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
Not much |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
None at all |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Don't know |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
