According to a 2020 survey, roughly two thirds of Republicans and just one quarter of Democrats believed that the United States' decision to use nuclear weapons against the Empire of Japan during the Second World War was the correct decision. 38 percent of Independents believed the attack to the be right decision.
U.S. public opinion on whether the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were right or wrong in 2020, by political affiliation
Original question: "On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped, over Nagasaki. Do you think the decision to use nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II was right or wrong?"
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YouGov. (August 10, 2020). U.S. public opinion on whether the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were right or wrong in 2020, by political affiliation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384464/hiroshima-nagasaki-opinion-party/
YouGov. "U.S. public opinion on whether the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were right or wrong in 2020, by political affiliation." Chart. August 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384464/hiroshima-nagasaki-opinion-party/
YouGov. (2020). U.S. public opinion on whether the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were right or wrong in 2020, by political affiliation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384464/hiroshima-nagasaki-opinion-party/
YouGov. "U.S. Public Opinion on Whether The Atomic Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Were Right or Wrong in 2020, by Political Affiliation." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384464/hiroshima-nagasaki-opinion-party/
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U.S. public opinion on whether the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were right or wrong in 2020, by political affiliation [Graph], YouGov, August 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384464/hiroshima-nagasaki-opinion-party/
