Results: Changing your mind
1.
1.
Occasionally you might get asked something like this on a survey from other sites: "What should be the most important factor that the U.S. focus on?" Before the Boston Bombings, what would your answer have been?
Economy/federal deficit
26%
•
354 votes
Education
6%
•
81 votes
Environment
3%
•
47 votes
Foreign Policy
2%
•
25 votes
Gun Laws
6%
•
87 votes
Healthcare
8%
•
113 votes
Immigration
4%
•
49 votes
Taxes
3%
•
38 votes
Terrorism
4%
•
59 votes
Unemployment
9%
•
127 votes
Something else
2%
•
27 votes
None of the above
4%
•
53 votes
I reside in Canada and would not receive a survey about the U.S.
14%
•
196 votes
Live in U.S. but have no opinion
8%
•
115 votes
2.
2.
After the bombings did your answer change if you had to answer a survey asking these questions? Yes
13%
•
177 votes
No
59%
•
810 votes
Not Applicable
28%
•
384 votes
3.
3.
If you answered differently after the bombings, what was your answer? Economy/Federal deficit
9%
•
118 votes
Education
3%
•
40 votes
Environment
2%
•
22 votes
Foreign policy
2%
•
27 votes
Gun Laws
4%
•
56 votes
Healthcare
3%
•
47 votes
Immigration
2%
•
34 votes
Taxes
1%
•
20 votes
Terrorism
7%
•
102 votes
Unemployment
3%
•
36 votes
Something else
1%
•
16 votes
None of the above
12%
•
171 votes
I am in Canada and would not qualify for this survey
16%
•
220 votes
I am a U.S. resident and have no opinion
8%
•
107 votes
I have not had to answer a survey like this before and after the bombings
26%
•
355 votes
4.
4.
Since 9/11 has it been hard to accept terrorism and the possibility of it happening again? Yes
32%
•
436 votes
No
35%
•
479 votes
Undecided
16%
•
216 votes
Not Applicable
18%
•
240 votes
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