Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2015

AEI Political Report: Are we safer?

Kathryn Bowman

March 2015

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

Do Americans feel less threatened by terrorism now than they did when President Obama took office? The April issue of AEI's Political Report compares public opinion on the George W. Bush and Obama administrations' handling of terrorism, assesses how much terrorism concerns Americans, and assesses Americans' opinions on how the United States should respond to the threat of ISIS. This issue also examines public opinion on taxes, and where slight shifts have begun to emerge in the polls.