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Osama bin Laden

9 May 2011

Q. Do you think the death of Osama bin Laden will make the world a safer or less safe place or will it make no difference?

Total Vote Labor Vote Liberal/ National Vote Greens
Make the world safer 12% 16% 12% 8%
Make the world less safe 19% 17% 20% 28%
Make no difference 63% 60% 65% 59%
Don’t know 6% 7% 2% 5%

The majority (63%) of respondents think that the death of Osama bin Laden will make no difference to making the world safer or less safe. 12% think it will make the world safer and 19% think it will make the world less safe.

28% of Greens voters and 23% of those aged 55+ think it will make the world less safe.

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