My earlier post which showed that large numbers of people around the world are skeptical about the “official” story regarding the perpetrators of 9/11 really needs an American baseline as a comparison. I have posted data from a Zogby poll as well as a Pew survey of American Muslims. Note that I selected only some of the fields; if the N’s were too low or I found the category uninteresting I left it out (what’s uninteresting? Don’t care if you participate in Little League).
| Question: "There are three main schools of thought regarding the 9/11 attacks. The first theory is the official story, and maintains that 19 Arab fundamentalists executed a surprise attack which caught US intelligence and military forces off guard. The second theory known as Let It Happen argues that certain elements in the US government knew the attacks were coming but consciously let them proceed for various political, military and economic motives; and the third theory Made It Happen contends that certain US government elements actively planned or assisted some aspects of the attacks. Based upon your knowledge of 9/11 events and their aftermath, which theory are you more likely to agree with?" | ||||
| Official Story | Let it Happen | Made it happen | Not Sure | |
| All Amerians | 63.6 | 26.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 18-29 | 33.3 | 62.5 | 1 | 3.1 |
| 30-49 | 62 | 24.2 | 8.1 | 5.7 |
| 50-64 | 72.7 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 65+ | 67.1 | 19.5 | 3.8 | 29.1 |
| High School | 48.8 | 35.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 |
| Some College | 61.8 | 28.2 | 3.6 | 6.3 |
| At least College | 72.1 | 21.1 | 3 | 3.8 |
| White | 71.1 | 22.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Hispanic | 27.6 | 42.9 | 16.6 | 12.9 |
| African American | 43.1 | 36.9 | 6.9 | 13.1 |
| Progressive | 53.3 | 35.8 | 1.7 | 9.2 |
| Liberal | 53.4 | 34.4 | 5 | 7.2 |
| Moderate | 63.4 | 27 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| Conservative | 69.9 | 22.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| Very Conservative | 81.8 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 11.3 |
| Catholic | 58.7 | 33.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Protestant | 69.3 | 20.2 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Jewish | 82.6 | 15.6 | 1.9 | |
| Other/None | 54.1 | 34.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Born Again | 68.1 | 20 | 6 | 3.2 |
| Church more once a week | 71.7 | 18.4 | 4.1 | 5.8 |
| Church once a week | 64.3 | 20.6 | 7.8 | 7.3 |
| Church 1-2 per month | 60.6 | 30.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| Church on Holidays | 78.8 | 19.1 | 2.1 | |
| Church Rarely | 55.8 | 34.1 | 3.6 | 6.5 |
| Church Never | 55.6 | 42.1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Married | 70.4 | 19.6 | 4 | 6 |
| Single | 40.4 | 48.4 | 7.5 | 3.8 |
| Male | 69.2 | 22 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Female | 58.1 | 30.7 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| Democrat | 51.4 | 36.3 | 6.3 | 6 |
| Republican | 75 | 15.5 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
| Independent | 65.5 | 27.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| < $25 K | 45 | 34.3 | 15.1 | 5.7 |
| $25 – $35 K | 46.6 | 46.5 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| $35 – $50 K | 66.6 | 24.2 | 4 | 5.3 |
| $50 – $75 K | 67.8 | 26.9 | 4.5 | 9 |
| $75 – $100 K | 72.3 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| > $100 K | 74.9 | 19.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Q: "Who was responsible for 9/11?" | ||||
| Groups of Arabs | Don’t believe Arabs responsible | Don’t know/Refused | ||
| All US Muslims | 40 | 28 | 32 | |
| 18-29 | 38 | 38 | 24 | |
| 30-39 | 37 | 30 | 33 | |
| 40-54 | 45 | 24 | 31 | |
| 55+ | 49 | 16 | 35 | |
| College grad | 55 | 24 | 22 | |
| Some college | 43 | 30 | 27 | |
| HS or less | 34 | 30 | 36 | |
| High religious commitment | 29 | 46 | 25 | |
| Low religious commitment | 38 | 24 | 38 | |
| Low religious commitment | 53 | 22 | 25 | |
| Muslims in France | 48 | 46 | 6 | |
| Muslims in Germany | 35 | 44 | 21 | |
| Spain | 33 | 35 | 32 | |
| Great Britain | 17 | 56 | 27 | |
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