Scientific Polls reveal significant opinion of government involvement in 9/11 disaster

Polls Show Too Many Americans Don't Trust the Government Story of 9/11
Compiled by Harold Saive - 3/15/2010

Released Dec 30, 2009:   September 11th attacks most significant story of the decade; Rise in terrorism decade's most significant issue.

Utica, NY—According to a new Zogby Interactive poll, Americans have evaluated the last decade (to-date) and the results can be found in one word: Terror. When asked to pick one word/phrase to define the past decade, 21% of Americans chose "terror" followed by "decline" (15%) and then "loss of personal freedom/civil liberties" (13%). Republicans (33%) were more likely than Democrats (12%) to say "terror" defines the decade. Instead, Democrats chose "decline" (20%) and "greed" (17%) as the top words to define the
decade. Conservatives also chose "terror" to define the decade while liberals chose "greed" (20%) and "decline" (19%). Only 11% of liberals chose "terror".


Similarly, the September 11th terrorist attacks characterize the past ten years for most Americans. Seventy-six percent of American adults name the September 11th terrorist attacks as the decade's most significant story, dwarfing the 5% of adults selecting Hurricane Katrina as the top story. Even smaller percentages said the Indian Ocean tsunami (2%), the elections of 2000 (4%), 2004 (less than 1%), and 2008 (4%), or the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (4% together) were the most significant story of the decade. Almost all Republicans (91%) said 9/11 was the most significant story compared to 63% of Democrats. Some Democrats voted Hurricane Katrina (10%) and not surprisingly, the 2008 Presidential Election (9%), as the most significant story of the decade. Interestingly, adults who live in large cities (70%) were a little less likely than those who live in small cities (77%), the suburbs (also 77%), or rural areas (83%) to rate the September 11th terrorist attacks as the most significant story of the decade.

The rise in general terrorism (from September 11th to attacks in London, Madrid, and Mumbai) was voted the most significant issue of the decade. Trailing terrorism was the increase in U.S. debt, with 16% selecting this as the most significant issue of the decade. Americans chose the wars in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Iraq as the third most significant issue of the decade, with 10% of Americans saying it was the most significant issue of the decade.

This interactive survey of 2,841 adults was conducted December 28-30, 2009. A sampling of Zogby International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the US, was invited to participate. Slight weights were added region, party, age, race, religion, gender, education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 1.9 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.  Source: http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1791


Scientific Polls

Aug, 2004 - Zogby poll revealed that half of New Yorkers believe US leaders had foreknowledge of an impending terror attack and “consciously failed” to act. Two-thirds (66%) of New Yorkers called for a new probe of unanswered questions by Congress or New York’s Attorney General.
Source: http://www.zogby.com/search/readnews.cfm?ID=855

Feb, 2006 - Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll: 72% of U.S. Troops in Iraq Say End War”. The poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay "as long as they are needed" While 58% say mission is clear, 42% say U.S. role is hazy.
Source: http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1075

May, 2006 - Zogby poll revealed over 70 million voting age Americans distrust the government’s official 9/11 story and support a new investigation of possible US government role in the attacks.
Source: http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060522022041421

Aug, 2006 - Scripps Howard poll found that one-third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East.
Source: http://www.scrippsnews.com/911poll

Sept, 2006 - Zogby Poll: Dramatic Partisan Split finds a nation badly divided as GOPers back U.S. war on terror, wiretapping, and Saddam's role in 9/11; Dems, Indies suspicious of all three.
http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1169

Sept. 2007 - Zogby Poll: 51% of Americans Want Congress to Probe Bush/Cheney Regarding 9/11 Attacks; Over 30% Seek Immediate Impeachment. 67% also fault 9/11 Commission for not investigating anomalous collapse of World Trade Center 7.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1354

Sept, 2007 - Zogby Poll: In May, 2007, 81% Still See 9/11 Terrorist Attacks As Most Significant Historical Event of their Lives. Big geographic difference: 77% in East, but just 46% in West think about attacks at least once a week; 34% gives Bush positive marks on fighting terrorism, down by half from re-election polls in 2004
http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1355

Sept, 2006 MSNBC online poll not using scientific method showed 67% of over 97,000 respondents answered “YES” to the question: “Do you believe any of the conspiracy theories suggesting the U.S. government was somehow involved in 9/11?”
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14727720