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Poll: 84% of Americans Back BMD

July 26, 2007 :: UPI :: News

A national opinion poll carried out by the Opinion Research Corporation, sponsored by the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), found that 84 percent of Americans supported the creation of a missile defense system to protect the United States.  The poll results also showed that 70 percent of Americans support the plan to deploy missile defense interceptors and radar bases in Poland and the Czech Republic respectively; 82 percent wanted BMD systems deployed to guard U.S. troops and allied nations from ballistic attack; 71 percent backed total funding of missile defense by the U.S. Congress; and 81 percent described BMD as an important issue for presidential candidates from both major parties.  The poll had a 3.2 percentage point margin of error and was comprised of weighted results from 1,000 respondents across the United States. (Article)

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