afghanistan, civillians, United States, US drone strikes, Yemen
Q. The United States has a policy of targeting terrorists with remote controlled drone strikes in countries such as Afghanistan and Yemen. These attacks also sometimes kill and injure nearby civilians. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
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Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
30% |
48% |
19% |
33% |
|
| Total disapprove |
45% |
50% |
33% |
63% |
51% |
|
| Strongly approve |
11% |
7% |
16% |
4% |
15% |
|
| Approve |
24% |
23% |
32% |
15% |
18% |
|
| Disapprove |
28% |
32% |
25% |
24% |
26% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
18% |
8% |
39% |
25% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
19% |
19% |
18% |
16% |
35% approve of the US policy of targeting terrorists with remote controlled drone strikes and 45% disapprove.
A majority of Labor voters (50%), Greens voters (63%) and other voters (51%) disapprove while Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve (48% approve/33% disapprove).
Men were more likely to approve (47% approve/39% disapprove) while women were more likely to disapprove (23% approve/51% disapprove).