53% See USA As Good Role Model for World
Survey of 1,000 Adults September 8-9, 2005
Would the world be better or worse if other countries became more like the United States?
September 11, 2005--Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans say the world would be a better place if other countries were more like the United States. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 20% disagree.
Those numbers reflect a sharp decline in the number who view the USA as a role model for the rest of the world. While 53% now say the world would be better if more countries were like our own, that figure is down from 61% a year ago and 67% two years ago.
A related survey found that most Americans now believe that the 9/11 terror attacks changed the nation for the worse. Four years ago, in October 2001, most Americans held the opposite view.
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Just 26% Say US Changed for Better Since 9/11
Survey of 1,000 Adults September 8-9, 2005
Since 9/11, How Has USA Changed?
September 10, 2005--As the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, just 26% of Americans say their nation has changed for the better since those attacks. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 54% now believe those attacks changed America for the worse.
These results are opposite of those from the first time we asked the question. In October 2001, 57% said America had changed for the better. Just 23% took the opposite view. In the initial sense of national unity, the number saying the nation changed for the better increased to 61% in January 2002.
However, by the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks, doubts had increased. In September 2003, just 38% of Americans said that the nation had changed for the better. Last year, that number had fallen to 37%.
Over the past year, belief that the nation has changed for the better since the terror attacks tumbled another eleven points. A related survey found a sharp decline in the number of Americans who believe their nation is a good role model for the rest of the world.