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Public Perception of Threat

: Published on Monday, 24 January 2011 18:48; Written by Raghavan Mayur; Hits: 796

Al-Qaeda and its affiliates tops a list of 15 entities for threat in the TIPP Poll. North Korea and Iran took the second and third spot respectively. Generally speaking more Republicans perceive threat than others -- a contributing factor for their hawkish positions on national security matters.

Q: Please tell me the level of threat posed by the entitity/Country:

Percent giving a 9 or 10 on a ten-point scale where 1=No threat and 10=Extreme Threat

	Overall	Dem.	Rep.	Ind./Oth
Al Qaeda and Affiliates	61%	57%	72%	55%
North Korea	42%	43%	45%	39%
Iran	37%	32%	43%	36%
Afghanistan	31%	28%	31%	29%
Iraq	26%	24%	24%	28%
Pakistan	22%	25%	22%	16%
China	15%	13%	21%	13%
Palestinian Authority	15%	12%	17%	13%
Yemen	10%	10%	12%	8%
Mexico	9%	7%	10%	10%
Sudan	7%	7%	8%	6%
Russia	7%	7%	8%	5%
Cuba	6%	5%	6%	6%
Syria	6%	5%	7%	4%
Israel	5%	5%	5%	5%
Venezuela	5%	4%	9%	1%