Approve US troops to destroy a terrorist camp

Share approving use of U.S. military troops to destroy a terrorist camp, from the CES check-all-that-apply item asked in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

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Latest: 45% answered “Not selected (do not approve)” in CES: Approve troops to destroy a terrorist camp, 2024.

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Approve Not selected (do not approve)

Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.

Questions in this trend

Line	Question	Match	How answers map
CES: Approve troops to destroy a terrorist camp	Approve troops to destroy a terrorist camp Would you approve of the use of U.S. military troops in order to ... ? (Please check all that apply) [Destroy a terrorist camp] Caveat: Check-all-that-apply: unselected may include skipped, not explicit disapproval	identical	Selected → Approve; Not selected → Not selected (do not approve)
CES: Use of troops to destroy a terrorist camp	Use of troops to destroy a terrorist camp Would you approve of the use of U.S. military troops in order to ... ? (Please check all that apply) [Destroy a terrorist camp] Caveat: Check-all-that-apply: unselected may include skipped, not explicit disapproval	identical	Selected → Approve; Not selected → Not selected (do not approve)
CES: Approve troops to destroy a terrorist camp	Approve troops to destroy a terrorist camp Would you approve of the use of U.S. military troops in order to ... ? (Please check all that apply) [Destroy a terrorist camp] Caveat: Check-all-that-apply: unselected may include skipped, not explicit disapproval	identical	Selected → Approve; Not selected → Not selected (do not approve)