Harris poll for Aerospace Industries Association

8/10/2019 Harris poll for Aerospace Industries Association

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Aerospace Public Poll December 17, 2014

Created for: Aerospace Industry Association Presented by: Nielsen

Interviewing: November 1316, 2014Respondents: 818 registered voters

Method: Telephone, Landline

Sample: Random digit dial

Weighting: Results are weighted to be representative of registered voters.

Sampling Error: +/-3 at 95% confidence


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Q1. Do you believe threats to American security raised by increased terrorist activity from ISIS/ISL, alQaeda

and other groups in Syria and Iraq are increasing or decreasing?

Total

Base 818

INCREASING (NET) 78%

Increasing a lot 41%

Increasing somewhat 37%

DECREASING (NET) 8%

Decreasing somewhat 6%

Decreasing a lot 2%

Dont Know/Refuse 14%

Q2. How aware are you of recent reports of Chinas aggressive campaign to grow their military and develop

new technologies to support future military actions?

Total

Base 818

AWARE (NET) 65%

Very Aware 28%

Somewhat Aware 37%

NOT AWARE (NET) 34%

Not Very Aware 17%

Not At All Aware 17%

Dont Know/Refuse 1%

Q3. Knowing about the changes in the international security situation, do you believe America is more or less

secure than we were one year ago?

Total

Base 818

MORE SECURE (NET) 31%

Much More Secure 8%

Somewhat More Secure 23%

LESS SECURE (NET) 60%

Somewhat Less Secure 30%

Much Less Secure 30%

Dont Know/Refuse 9%


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Q4. For the following statements, please tell me if they make you think America is becoming more secure or

less secure:

SUMMARY OF MORE SECURE

Total

A wide range of top military officials have said publically that they will beunable to fulfill their missions and protect the country unless these

spending caps are raised.

21%

Sequestration levels would curt Service readiness funding by $16 billion.

It would also reduce the purchase of the F-35, our newest U.S. Air Force

fighter, force by an entire squadron.

20%

Cuts proposed by the Obama Administration and Defense Secretary

Chuck Hagel will reduce the number of soldiers in the U.S. Army from

520,00 to between 440,000 and 450,000 troops in the next few years

resulting in the smallest force size since 1940.

19%

Future spending on Americas defense is currently limited by spending

caps imposed by Congress over three years ago, when the economy was

still in recession.

17%

The military had planned budgets for the Department of Defense that

have now been cut by nearly $1 trillion over the 20122021 timeframe.

In the past three years, Americas total defense budget was reduced 10%.

17%

SUMMARY OF LESS SECURE

Total

Base

The military had planned budgets for the Department of Defense that

have now been cut by nearly $1 trillion over the 20122021 timeframe.

In the past three years, Americas total defense budget was reduced 10%.

73%

Cuts proposed by the Obama Administration and Defense Secretary

Chuck Hagel will reduce the number of soldiers in the U.S. Army from

520,00 to between 440,000 and 450,000 troops in the next few years

resulting in the smallest force size since 1940.

73%

Future spending on Americas defense is currently limited by spending

caps imposed by Congress over three years ago, when the economy was

still in recession.

72%

A wide range of top military officials have said publically that they will be

unable to fulfill their missions and protect the country unless these

spending caps are raised.

69%

Sequestration levels would curt Service readiness funding by $16 billion.

It would also reduce the purchase of the F-35, our newest U.S. Air Force

fighter, force by an entire squadron.

67%


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The military had planned budgets for the Department of Defense that have now been cut by nearly $1 trillion over

the 2012-2021 timeframe. In the past three years, America's total defense budget was reduced 10%.

Total

Base 818


Much More Secure 6%





Dont Know/Refuse 9%

Cuts proposed by the Obama Administration and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reduce the number of

soldiers in the U.S. Army from 520,000 to between 440,000 and 450,000 troops in the next few yearsresulting in

the smallest force size since 1940.

Total

Base 818


Much More Secure 8%





Dont Know/Refuse 8%

Sequestration levels would cut Service readiness funding by $16 billion. It would also reduce the purchase of the F

35, our newest U.S. Air Force fighter, force by an entire squadron.

Total

Base 818


Much More Secure 7%







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Future spending on Americas defense is currently limited by spending caps imposed by Congress over three years

ago, when the economy was still in recession.

Total

Base 818


Much More Secure 6%






A wide range of top military officials have said publicly that they will be unable to fulfill their missions and protect

the country unless these spending caps are raised.

TotalBase 818


Much More Secure 6%






Q5. Given the evolving and increased threats to Americas security, do you believe the U.S. governmentshouldincrease spending on Americas national security, relative to the current caps set over three years

ago?

Total

Base 818

Yes 69%

No 25%

DontKnow/Refuse 65


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Q6. Would you be more or less likely to support a candidate for public office who supports increased spending

on Americas national security?

Total

Base 818

MORE LIKELY (NET) 69%

Much More Likely 39%

Somewhat More Likely 30%

LESS LIKELY (NET) 24%

Somewhat Less Likely 12%

Much Less Likely 12%

Dont Know/Refuse 6%

Q7. Do you support raising the spending limits currently in place to allow Americas national security

budget to increase as needed to counter the current threat environment?

Total

Base 818

Yes 70%

No 25%

Dont Know/Refuse 5%


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DEMOGRAPHICS

Gender

Total

Base 818Male 47%

Female 53%

Age

Total

Base 818

1824 3%

2534 10%

3549 24%

50 - 64 32%

65+ 28%

Education

Total

Base 818

HIGH SCHOOL OR LESS (NET) 33%

Less than high school 4%

High school graduate 29%

ATTENDED COLLEGE OR COLLEGE DEGREE (NET) 53%

Some college 24%

Associates 7%

College graduate 22%

Post-graduate 12%

Refused 1%

Party

Total

Base 818

REPUBLICAN (NET) 33%

Strong Republican 21%

Not-so-strong Republican 11%

INDEPENDENT (NET) 25%

Lean Republican 9%

Lean Democrat 9%

Do Not Lean Either Way 6%

DEMOCRAT (NET) 29%

Strong Democrat 16%

Not-so-strong Democrat 12%

Other 9%


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Ideology

Total

Base 818

CONSERVATIVE (NET) 62%

Very Conservative 23%

Somewhat Conservative 39%

Neither 4%

LIBERAL (NET) 29%

Somewhat Liberal 20%

Very Liberal 8%

Income

Total

Base 818

Less than $5,000 2%

$5,000 but less than $10,000 2%

$10,000 but less than $15,000 3%$15,000 but less than $20,000 3%

$20,000 but less than $25,000 4%

$25,000 but less than $30,000 4%

$30,000 but less than $35,000 3%

$35,000 but less than $40,000 5%

$40,000 but less than $50,000 5%

$50,000 but less than $60,000 8%

$60,000 but less than $75,000 6%

$75,000 but less than $80,000 3%

$80,000 but less than $100,000 7%

$100,000 or more 20%

Refused 22%

Race/Ethnicity

Total

Base 818

White 77%

Black or African American 13%

Hispanic 8%

Native American or Alaskan Native 1%

Asian or Pacific Islander 1%

Some other race 2%

Don't know/Refused 5%


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Are you, or is anyone in your household, a part of the U.S. military?

Total

Base 818

Yes 12%

No 88%

Not Sure 1%

Documents

Harris poll for Aerospace Industries Association