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4 hours ago - New poll shows huge margin of Americans see Snowden as more of a whistleblower than traitor: 57%-34% http://t.co/TQAPld9lH5. — Trevor ...US Voters Say Snowden Is Whistle-Blower, Not Traitor - Quinnipiac ...
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Jul 10, 2013 - American voters say 55 - 34 percent that Edward Snowden is a ... Snowden is more whistle-blower than traitor are the public reaction and ... Democrats went from not far enough 57 - 29 percent to too far 43 - 42 percent. Men ...
So, this is interesting. That means now that only 34% think he is a traitor which is about the approval rating of the U.S. having soldiers in Afghanistan now or Iraq when we were there. Here are details no the Quinnipiac poll: The following is the word button that I got this from as I can't seem to make it appear at the bottom because of HTML programming issues:
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Jul 10, 2013 - American voters say 55 - 34 percent that Edward Snowden is a ... Snowden is more whistle-blower than traitor are the public reaction and ... Democrats went from not far enough 57 - 29 percent to too far 43 - 42 percent. Men ...| July 10, 2013 - U.S. Voters Say Snowden Is Whistle-Blower, Not Traitor, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Big Shift On Civil Liberties vs. Counter-Terrorism | |
| PDF format American voters say 55 - 34 percent that Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower, rather than a traitor, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. | |
| In a massive shift in attitudes, voters say 45 - 40 percent the government's anti-terrorism
efforts go too far restricting civil liberties, a reversal from a January 14, 2010, survey by the
independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University when voters said 63 - 25 percent that
such activities didn't go far enough to adequately protect the country.
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| Almost every party, gender, income, education, age and income group regards Snowden
as a whistle-blower rather than a traitor. The lone exception is black voters, with 43 percent
calling him a traitor and 42 percent calling him a whistle-blower.
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| There is a gender gap on counter-terrorism efforts as men say 54 - 34 percent they have
gone too far and women say 47 - 36 percent they have not gone far enough. There is little
difference among Democrats and Republicans who are about evenly divided. Independent voters
say 49 - 36 percent that counter-terrorism measures have gone too far.
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| Some of the largest growth in those concerned about the threat to civil liberties is among
men and Republicans, groups historically more likely to be supportive of governmental anti-
terrorism efforts.
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| "The massive swing in public opinion about civil liberties and governmental anti-
terrorism efforts, and the public view that Edward Snowden is more whistle-blower than traitor
are the public reaction and apparent shock at the extent to which the government has gone in
trying to prevent future terrorist incidents," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac
University Polling Institute.
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| "The fact that there is little difference now along party lines about the overall anti-
terrorism effort and civil liberties and about Snowden is in itself unusual in a country sharply
divided along political lines about almost everything. Moreover, the verdict that Snowden is not
a traitor goes against almost the unified view of the nation's political establishment."
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| When Quinnipiac University asked voters in January, 2010, whether they thought the
government had gone too far restricting civil liberties or not gone far enough to protect the
country, not more than 35 percent of any demographic group thought it had gone too far. Then,
Republicans said not far enough 72 - 17 percent; today GOP voters say not far enough 46 - 41
percent. Democrats went from not far enough 57 - 29 percent to too far 43 - 42 percent. Men
went from 61 - 28 percent not far enough to 54 - 34 percent too far. Women went from 64 - 22
not far enough to 47 - 36 percent not far enough.
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| "The change in public attitudes has been extraordinary, almost across the board and
obviously not just related to the revelation of the phone-scanning program, given all that has
transpired since 2010," said Brown. "Yet it would be naive to see these numbers as anything but
evidence of a rethinking by the public about the tradeoffs between security and freedom."
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| While voters support the phone-scanning program 51 - 45 percent and say 54 - 40
percent that it "is necessary to keep Americans safe," they also say 53 - 44 percent that the
program "is too much intrusion into Americans' personal privacy."
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| "Americans' views on anti-terrorism efforts are complicated," said Brown. "They see the
threat from terrorism as real and worth defending against, but they have a sense that their privacy
is being invaded and they are not happy about it at all."
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| From June 28 - July 8, Quinnipiac University surveyed 2,014 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.2 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
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| The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia,
Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.
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| For more information, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling, call (203) 582-5201, or
follow us on Twitter.
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| 41. What concerns you more about the government's anti-terrorism policies, that they have gone too far in restricting the average person's civil liberties, or that they have not gone far enough to adequately protect the country? | |
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Gone too far 45% 41% 43% 49% 54% 36% 46% 35% 37%
Not gone far enough 40 46 42 36 34 47 39 52 54
DK/NA 15 13 15 15 12 17 15 12 10
WHITE..............................................
COLLEGE DEG BornAgnEv Mltry
Yes No Prot Cath Men Wom Yes No HsHld
Gone too far 50% 44% 39% 44% 55% 37% 42% 45% 44%
Not gone far enough 34 41 46 42 33 45 43 41 43
DK/NA 16 15 15 14 12 18 15 14 12
COLLEGE DEG ANNUAL HSHOLD INC AGE IN YRS..............
Yes No <50k 50-100="">100K 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+
Gone too far 48% 43% 43% 46% 50% 58% 52% 44% 32%
Not gone far enough 35 43 43 41 38 33 33 41 52
DK/NA 16 14 14 13 13 9 15 15 16
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| TREND: What concerns you more about the government's anti-terrorism policies, that they have gone too far in restricting the average person's civil liberties or that they have not gone far enough to adequately protect the country? | |
Jul 10 Jan 14
2013 2010
Gone too far 45 25
Not gone far enough 40 63
DK/NA 15 12
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| 42. Do you support or oppose the federal government program in which all phone calls are scanned to see if any calls are going to a phone number linked to terrorism? | |
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Support 51% 49% 58% 48% 48% 54% 51% 55% 55%
Oppose 45 45 37 50 49 41 45 40 40
DK/NA 4 5 5 2 4 5 4 5 6
WHITE..............................................
COLLEGE DEG BornAgnEv Mltry
Yes No Prot Cath Men Wom Yes No HsHld
Support 54% 49% 51% 57% 47% 55% 47% 54% 47%
Oppose 42 47 44 40 50 41 49 42 49
DK/NA 4 4 5 2 3 5 4 4 4
COLLEGE DEG ANNUAL HSHOLD INC AGE IN YRS..............
Yes No <50k 50-100="">100K 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+
Support 55% 49% 49% 51% 58% 47% 47% 54% 52%
Oppose 41 46 46 46 39 50 49 43 40
DK/NA 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 7
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| 43. Do you think this program is necessary to keep Americans safe or not? | |
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Yes 54% 55% 64% 48% 52% 57% 51% 66% 67%
No 40 41 31 46 45 36 43 28 29
DK/NA 5 4 6 5 3 7 5 5 4
WHITE..............................................
COLLEGE DEG BornAgnEv Mltry
Yes No Prot Cath Men Wom Yes No HsHld
Yes 50% 52% 55% 53% 49% 54% 49% 55% 53%
No 45 42 40 41 47 39 46 39 42
DK/NA 5 6 5 6 4 7 5 5 5
COLLEGE DEG ANNUAL HSHOLD INC AGE IN YRS..............
Yes No <50k 50-100="">100K 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+
Yes 53% 55% 56% 50% 57% 50% 48% 57% 60%
No 43 39 38 47 39 46 51 36 33
DK/NA 5 5 6 4 4 5 1 7 7
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| 44. Do you think this program is too much intrusion into Americans' personal privacy or not? | |
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Yes 53% 56% 40% 60% 58% 47% 54% 47% 39%
No 44 42 56 38 39 49 43 48 58
DK/NA 3 2 4 2 2 4 3 6 3
WHITE..............................................
COLLEGE DEG BornAgnEv Mltry
Yes No Prot Cath Men Wom Yes No HsHld
Yes 52% 55% 55% 49% 60% 48% 61% 50% 57%
No 44 42 42 49 38 48 37 48 39
DK/NA 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 4
COLLEGE DEG ANNUAL HSHOLD INC AGE IN YRS..............
Yes No <50k 50-100="">100K 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+
Yes 50% 54% 51% 56% 47% 55% 58% 50% 50%
No 45 44 45 41 50 42 40 47 45
DK/NA 4 3 4 3 2 4 1 3 5
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| 45. Do you regard Edward Snowden, the national security consultant who released information to the media about the phone scanning program, as more of a traitor, or more of a whistle-blower? | |
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Traitor 34% 38% 39% 30% 34% 35% 33% 43% 37%
Whistle-blower 55 55 49 58 57 52 56 42 57
DK/NA 11 7 12 11 9 13 11 14 6
WHITE..............................................
COLLEGE DEG BornAgnEv Mltry
Yes No Prot Cath Men Wom Yes No HsHld
Traitor 37% 31% 34% 41% 32% 34% 32% 35% 39%
Whistle-blower 53 57 54 51 58 53 57 55 49
DK/NA 9 12 12 9 9 13 11 10 12
COLLEGE DEG ANNUAL HSHOLD INC AGE IN YRS..............
Yes No <50k 50-100="">100K 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+
Traitor 38% 32% 31% 33% 42% 23% 29% 38% 39%
Whistle-blower 52 56 58 55 52 68 60 51 48
DK/NA 9 12 11 12 6 8 11 11 13
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