TOPLINE AND METHODOLOGY 14. If your state were to secede and leave the United States, do you think the following things would be better, worse, or about the same? Crime and public safety Wave: Better Worse About the same Don’t know Skipped March 10-13 11% 43% 27% 18% 1% Accountability of elected officials Wave: Better Worse About the same Don’t know Skipped March 10-13 13% 41% 25% 20% 1% Your state’s economy Wave: Better Worse About the same Don’t know Skipped March 10-13 12% 47% 19% 21% 1% Government services and benefits in your state Wave: Better Worse About the same Don’t know Skipped March 10-13 10% 48% 22% 19% * Your freedom to live the way you want Wave: Better Worse About the same Don’t know Skipped March 10-13 13% 38% 28% 21% 1% 15. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The Iraq war has made America safer Total Total Strongly Somewhat agree / disagree / Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly Somewhat Strongly Wave: agree agree disagree disagree Skipped agree disagree March 10-13 5% 26% 39% 28% 2% 31% 67% The focus on national defense and homeland security over the last 20 years has made America safer Total Total Strongly Somewhat agree / disagree / Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly Somewhat Strongly Wave: agree agree disagree disagree Skipped agree disagree March 10-13 9% 45% 29% 15% 2% 54% 45% 2020 K Street, NW, Suite 410 Contact: Chris Jackson Washington DC 20006 Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs, Ipsos +1 202 463-7300 Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 202 420-2025