Poll Results: TSA

July 10, 2014, 4:14 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Economist survey of 1000 US adults interviewed July 5-7 on the Supreme Court. The results show that people tend to have favorable opinions of the Supreme Court. The margin of error is 4.1%.

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Would you describe yourself as...
A frequent air traveler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
An occasional air traveler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68%
Never flown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%

Do you think the passenger screening procedures that you saw the last time you flew were too tight or not tight enough?
Asked of those who have flown before
Too tight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
About right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51%
Not tight enough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Never flown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%

During your most recent experience going through airport security, did you personally receive, or did you see others receive a full body pat down?
Asked of those who have flown before
I personally received a pat down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
I saw others receive a pat down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27%
No, I did not see anyone receive a pat down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32%
Never flown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%

During your most recent experience going through airport security, did you personally go through, or did you see others go through a full body scanning machine?
Asked of those who have flown before
I personally went through a full body scanning machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38%
I saw others go through a full body scanning machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%
No, I did not see anyone go through a full body scanning machine . . . . . . .24%
Never flown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%

Have you heard of the TSA Pre-Check program?
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56%

Do you approve or disapprove of the TSA Pre-Check program which offers air travelers preferred screening status if they submit to a background check?
Approve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44%
Disapprove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%

Do you think the TSA Pre-Check program will make flying less safe or not?
Will make flying less safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
Won’t make much difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47%
Will make flying safer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%

Do you think the TSA Pre-Check program will make flying more convenient or not?
Will make flying more convenient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38%
Won’t make much difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%
Will make flying less convenient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%