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August 7, 2020

6313 US adults surveyed

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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?

Conducted August 7, 2020

YouGov surveyed 6313 US adults

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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?

Conducted August 7, 2020

YouGov surveyed 6313 US adults

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39%
33%
28%

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