A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans give the U.S. military and the CIA a “great deal” of credit for finding and killing terrorist Osama bin Laden, while slightly over one-third give a “great deal” of credit to President Barack Obama for Bin Laden’s demise.
In the USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted on May 2, the day after Osama’s death was announced, Americans were asked, “How much credit do you give each of the following for the actions that led to the U.S. finding and killing Osama bin Laden?”
For those surveyed, 89 percent gave a “great deal” of credit for finding and killing Osama bin Laden to the U.S. military, and 62 percent gave a great deal of credit to the CIA.
Only 35 percent of Americans gave a great deal of credit to President Obama while 22 percent said former President George W. Bush merited a great deal of credit.
“Americans are more reserved in giving credit to President Obama,” stated Gallup in its analysis. “Thirty-five percent say he deserves a great deal of credit and another 36% say he deserves ‘a moderate amount’ of credit. More than a quarter say he does not deserve much or any credit at all.”
16 percent said “not much” credit to Obama and 12 percent said “none at all.”
Only 1 percent said the U.S. military deserved “not much” credit and also “none at all.”
“Sunday's events will no doubt add additional luster to the already very positive image of the U.S. military,” said Gallup. “Americans overwhelmingly give a great deal of credit to the U.S. military for the mission, more so than for the CIA and substantially more than the credit given to either President Obama or former President Bush.”
The telephone survey was conducted on May 2 with a random sample of 645 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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