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1 CNN October 2017 The study was conducted for CNN via telephone by SSRS, an independent research company. Interviews were conducted from October 12, 2017 October among a sample of 1,010 respondents. The landline total respondents were 405 and there were 605 of cell phone respondents. The margin of sampling error for total respondents is +/-3.5 at the 95% confidence level. The design effect is More information about SSRS can be obtained by visiting EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Friday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. Q2. (A2) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling? The situation with North Korea Approve Disapprove No opinion October 12-15, % 57% 7% September 17-20, 2017* 41% 50% 8% August 3-6, 2017* 37% 50% 13% * Asked of half sample. POLL10 Oct ,

2 Q20. (FP1) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? Iran Very serious threat Moderately serious threat Just a slight threat No threat at all No opinion October 12-15, % 39% 16% 11% 4% August 3-6, % 38% 18% 8% 2% March 1-4, % 38% 14% 10% 1% Apr. 28-May 1, % 34% 13% 9% 1% Feb , % 34% 15% 9% * Oct , % 33% 13% 9% 1% Sept. 4-8, % 33% 11% 7% 1% April 16-19, % 33% 16% 11% 1% Dec , 2014* 35% 35% 18% 12% * March 7-9, % 37% 18% 10% 1% April 13-15, % 33% 14% 4% 1% June 26-28, % 36% 13% 7% * North Korea Very serious Moderately Just a slight No threat threat serious threat threat at all No opinion October 12-15, % 24% 8% 4% 1% August 3-6, % 23% 9% 5% 1% March 1-4, % 33% 9% 9% * Apr. 28-May 1, % 31% 14% 11% 1% Feb , % 30% 16% 9% 1% Oct , % 35% 15% 10% 1% Sept. 4-8, % 39% 12% 11% 1% April 16-19, % 34% 18% 16% * Dec , 2014* 42% 31% 17% 10% 1% March 7-9, % 38% 15% 11% 1% April 13-15, % 33% 15% 8% 1% June 26-28, % 28% 14% 6% * *Asked of half sample. POLL10 Oct ,

3 Q20. (FP1) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? Russia Very serious threat Moderately serious threat Just a slight threat No threat at all No opinion October 12-15, % 38% 17% 12% 2% August 3-6, % 37% 17% 10% 1% March 1-4, % 41% 14% 10% * Apr. 28-May 1, % 40% 22% 15% 1% Feb , % 42% 17% 13% * Oct , % 37% 18% 13% 1% Sept. 4-8, % 40% 16% 13% 1% April 16-19, % 37% 18% 19% * Dec , 2014* 22% 43% 23% 11% 1% March 7-9, % 40% 19% 12% * April 13-15, % 33% 29% 24% 2% June 26-28, % 28% 29% 31% 1% Cuba Very serious Moderately Just a slight No threat threat serious threat threat at all No opinion October 12-15, % 19% 23% 49% 4% February 24-27, % 22% 22% 47% 1% April 16-19, % 21% 21% 52% 1% December 18-21, % 19% 21% 53% 1% March 7-9, % 21% 29% 43% 2% *Asked of half sample. TRENDS CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE POLL10 Oct ,

4 CNN/TIME TRENDS Very serious Moderately serious Slight threat Not a threat No opinion Iran January 15-16, May 22-23, June 14-15, May 26-27, May 8-9, North Korea January 15-16, May 22-23, June 14-15, Russia January 15-16, May 22-23, June 14-15, May 26-27, May 8-9, November, 1989* November, 1985* December, 1983* September, 1983* June, 1983* Cuba March 11-12, Aug-Sept, June * Russia was asked as the "Soviet Union" from 1983 to POLL10 Oct ,

5 Q21. As you may know, the United States and five other countries entered an agreement with Iran aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Do you think the U.S. should or should not withdraw from that agreement? U.S. should withdraw U.S. should not withdraw No opinion October 12-15, % 67% 7% Q22. In dealing with recent threats from North Korea, do you think Donald Trump s response has more often been reckless or more often been responsible? Reckless Responsible Neither (vol.) No opinion October 12-15, % 32% 2% 3% Q23. How worried are you that you or someone in your family will become a victim of a nuclear attack on the United States? October 12-15, 2017 NET Very worried/so mewhat worried Very worried Somewhat worried NET Not too worried/no t at all worried Not too worried Not at all worried No opinion 48% 21% 26% 51% 26% 25% 1% POLL10 Oct ,

6 MORE ON METHODOLOGY A total of 1,010 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. Among the entire sample, 31% described themselves as Democrats, 23% described themselves as Republicans, and 42% described themselves as independents or members of another party. All respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect national Census figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, and telephone usage. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of +/-3.5 percentage points. For the sample of 894 registered voters, it is +/-3.8 percentage points. Crosstabs on the following pages only include results for subgroups with enough unweighted cases to produce a sampling error of +/-8.5. percentage points or less once adjusted for design effect. Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups with a design-effect adjusted sampling error larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "N/A". POLL10 Oct ,

7 2L. (A2l) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling The situation with North Korea? Approve 37% 48% 26% 44% 21% Disapprove 57% 47% 66% 49% 73% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 6% 8% 7% 6% Approve 37% 27% 31% 46% 44% 27% 44% Disapprove 57% 65% 62% 48% 51% 65% 50% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 8% 7% 6% 4% 8% 5% Approve 37% 31% 41% 39% 33% 49% 35% Disapprove 57% 61% 54% 54% 63% 43% 59% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 8% 5% 8% 4% 8% 5% Approve 37% 12% 34% 77% 10% 26% 65% Disapprove 57% 85% 58% 16% 88% 63% 30% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 3% 8% 7% 2% 11% 5% Approve 37% 9% 72% 83% 6% 38% Disapprove 57% 85% 22% 11% 89% 57% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% POLL10 Oct ,

8 20A. (FP1a) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? Iran? Very serious threat 30% 29% 32% 29% 32% Moderately serious threat 39% 38% 39% 42% 34% Just a slight threat 16% 16% 16% 17% 14% No threat at all 11% 15% 8% 10% 14% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 2% 5% 2% 6% Very serious threat 30% 16% 30% 38% 41% 22% 38% Moderately serious threat 39% 41% 39% 38% 37% 41% 37% Just a slight threat 16% 21% 18% 11% 11% 20% 12% No threat at all 11% 16% 10% 9% 7% 13% 10% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 5% 2% 3% 4% 4% 4% Very serious threat 30% 32% 28% 34% 22% 33% 22% Moderately serious threat 39% 37% 41% 36% 46% 38% 48% Just a slight threat 16% 16% 16% 14% 19% 15% 21% No threat at all 11% 10% 13% 12% 10% 11% 7% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 5% 2% 4% 2% 3% 2% Very serious threat 30% 26% 26% 45% 17% 27% 42% Moderately serious threat 39% 42% 39% 35% 44% 42% 35% Just a slight threat 16% 19% 18% 9% 24% 16% 11% No threat at all 11% 9% 15% 8% 13% 13% 8% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 4% 2% 3% 2% 2% 4% Very serious threat 30% 21% 40% 44% 23% 30% Moderately serious threat 39% 41% 40% 36% 41% 40% Just a slight threat 16% 21% 9% 9% 19% 16% No threat at all 11% 13% 9% 9% 12% 11% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 4% 2% 2% 4% 3% POLL10 Oct ,

9 20B. (FP1b) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? North Korea? Very serious threat 62% 58% 67% 61% 65% Moderately serious threat 24% 27% 21% 28% 18% Just a slight threat 8% 9% 7% 7% 10% No threat at all 4% 6% 3% 3% 6% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% Very serious threat 62% 49% 60% 72% 70% 54% 70% Moderately serious threat 24% 28% 26% 21% 19% 28% 21% Just a slight threat 8% 15% 6% 5% 4% 12% 5% No threat at all 4% 6% 6% 1% 4% 5% 3% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 2% 1% 3% 2% 1% Very serious threat 62% 64% 61% 63% 61% 61% 61% Moderately serious threat 24% 21% 26% 22% 28% 25% 32% Just a slight threat 8% 9% 8% 9% 6% 9% 4% No threat at all 4% 4% 4% 5% 3% 3% 2% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 2% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% Very serious threat 62% 64% 58% 67% 60% 61% 66% Moderately serious threat 24% 25% 25% 23% 25% 26% 23% Just a slight threat 8% 7% 10% 6% 10% 9% 6% No threat at all 4% 3% 5% 2% 3% 3% 4% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% 1% 1% Very serious threat 62% 63% 61% 64% 64% 63% Moderately serious threat 24% 23% 28% 24% 23% 24% Just a slight threat 8% 9% 7% 7% 8% 8% No threat at all 4% 4% 3% 4% 4% 4% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% POLL10 Oct ,

10 20C. (FP1c) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? Russia? Very serious threat 31% 29% 32% 24% 42% Moderately serious threat 38% 38% 39% 44% 28% Just a slight threat 17% 19% 16% 18% 16% No threat at all 12% 14% 11% 12% 12% Don't know/undecided/refused 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% Very serious threat 31% 25% 36% 32% 29% 29% 31% Moderately serious threat 38% 40% 35% 37% 41% 38% 38% Just a slight threat 17% 22% 15% 18% 14% 18% 17% No threat at all 12% 12% 13% 11% 14% 13% 12% Don't know/undecided/refused 2% 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% Very serious threat 31% 31% 31% 29% 33% 21% 30% Moderately serious threat 38% 36% 40% 38% 39% 44% 43% Just a slight threat 17% 17% 18% 18% 16% 20% 16% No threat at all 12% 14% 10% 14% 9% 14% 8% Don't know/undecided/refused 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% Very serious threat 31% 45% 26% 19% 39% 31% 25% Moderately serious threat 38% 37% 40% 39% 38% 41% 33% Just a slight threat 17% 11% 19% 21% 14% 16% 22% No threat at all 12% 5% 14% 19% 8% 11% 17% Don't know/undecided/refused 2% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2% Very serious threat 31% 40% 19% 15% 42% 30% Moderately serious threat 38% 39% 40% 39% 38% 39% Just a slight threat 17% 13% 21% 23% 13% 17% No threat at all 12% 7% 19% 20% 6% 12% Don't know/undecided/refused 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% POLL10 Oct ,

11 20D. (FP1d) Would you say that the following represent a very serious threat to the United States, a moderately serious threat, just a slight threat, or no threat at all? Cuba? Very serious threat 5% 4% 6% 4% 7% Moderately serious threat 19% 14% 23% 20% 16% Just a slight threat 23% 20% 26% 24% 21% No threat at all 49% 60% 38% 48% 49% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 2% 7% 3% 7% Very serious threat 5% 3% 4% 6% 7% 4% 6% Moderately serious threat 19% 13% 17% 25% 21% 15% 22% Just a slight threat 23% 29% 24% 19% 19% 28% 19% No threat at all 49% 49% 50% 48% 49% 47% 50% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 5% 5% 2% 4% 6% 3% Very serious threat 5% 8% 1% 6% 2% 5% 1% Moderately serious threat 19% 22% 16% 21% 14% 24% 14% Just a slight threat 23% 21% 26% 23% 24% 23% 26% No threat at all 49% 42% 55% 46% 56% 44% 56% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 7% 2% 5% 4% 3% 3% Very serious threat 5% 4% 4% 7% 4% 5% 6% Moderately serious threat 19% 20% 15% 24% 17% 19% 19% Just a slight threat 23% 20% 29% 19% 20% 25% 24% No threat at all 49% 50% 48% 48% 53% 47% 48% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 6% 4% 2% 5% 4% 4% Very serious threat 5% 4% 6% 4% 5% 4% Moderately serious threat 19% 17% 21% 20% 19% 19% Just a slight threat 23% 23% 25% 25% 21% 23% No threat at all 49% 51% 46% 48% 50% 50% Don't know/undecided/refused 4% 5% 2% 3% 5% 4% POLL10 Oct ,

12 21. As you may know, the United States and five other countries entered an agreement with Iran aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Do you think the U.S. should or should not withdraw from that agreement? U.S. should withdraw 27% 32% 21% 27% 25% U.S. should not withdraw 67% 63% 70% 66% 67% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 5% 9% 6% 8% U.S. should withdraw 27% 16% 21% 33% 38% 18% 34% U.S. should not withdraw 67% 78% 72% 60% 53% 76% 59% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 6% 7% 6% 9% 6% 7% U.S. should withdraw 27% 24% 30% 27% 26% 28% 26% U.S. should not withdraw 67% 69% 65% 66% 69% 66% 68% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 7% 5% 7% 6% 7% 5% U.S. should withdraw 27% 13% 27% 47% 9% 20% 47% U.S. should not withdraw 67% 80% 67% 48% 88% 72% 46% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 7% 6% 5% 3% 8% 7% U.S. should withdraw 27% 12% 47% 48% 13% 28% U.S. should not withdraw 67% 81% 47% 46% 81% 65% Don't know/undecided/refused 7% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% POLL10 Oct ,

13 22. In dealing with recent threats from North Korea, do you think Donald Trump's response has more often been reckless or more often been responsible? Reckless 63% 56% 70% 59% 72% Responsible 32% 40% 24% 36% 23% Neither 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% Don't know/undecided/refused 3% 3% 4% 3% 4% Reckless 63% 74% 68% 55% 53% 73% 55% Responsible 32% 21% 28% 40% 41% 22% 40% Neither 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% Don't know/undecided/refused 3% 3% 2% 3% 5% 3% 4% Reckless 63% 68% 61% 61% 68% 55% 68% Responsible 32% 28% 34% 33% 27% 40% 28% Neither 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% Don't know/undecided/refused 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% 4% 2% Reckless 63% 88% 65% 27% 90% 74% 35% Responsible 32% 10% 30% 65% 8% 22% 57% Neither 2% 1% 2% 3% * 1% 3% Don't know/undecided/refused 3% 1% 3% 5% 2% 3% 5% Reckless 63% 89% 31% 23% 91% 63% Responsible 32% 9% 61% 70% 8% 33% Neither 2% * 3% 2% 1% 2% Don't know/undecided/refused 3% 1% 5% 5% 1% 3% POLL10 Oct ,

14 23. How worried are you that you or someone in your family will become a victim of a nuclear attack on the United States? Worried (Net) 48% 40% 55% 42% 60% Very worried 21% 17% 25% 13% 38% Somewhat worried 26% 23% 30% 29% 22% Not worried (Net) 51% 59% 43% 57% 39% Not too worried 26% 24% 28% 29% 20% Not at all worried 25% 35% 16% 28% 19% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% Worried (Net) 48% 43% 45% 53% 51% 43% 52% Very worried 21% 20% 18% 25% 23% 19% 24% Somewhat worried 26% 24% 26% 28% 28% 25% 28% Not worried (Net) 51% 56% 55% 44% 47% 56% 46% Not too worried 26% 28% 30% 22% 22% 29% 23% Not at all worried 25% 28% 25% 22% 25% 28% 23% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% * 2% 2% 1% 2% Worried (Net) 48% 58% 39% 53% 36% 45% 35% Very worried 21% 29% 15% 26% 12% 14% 10% Somewhat worried 26% 29% 24% 27% 24% 31% 25% Not worried (Net) 51% 41% 60% 46% 63% 54% 64% Not too worried 26% 22% 29% 23% 33% 26% 33% Not at all worried 25% 19% 31% 23% 29% 27% 30% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% Worried (Net) 48% 64% 44% 31% 52% 52% 42% Very worried 21% 33% 17% 12% 21% 23% 20% Somewhat worried 26% 31% 27% 19% 31% 28% 22% Not worried (Net) 51% 35% 56% 67% 47% 48% 57% Not too worried 26% 19% 29% 32% 29% 26% 25% Not at all worried 25% 17% 27% 35% 18% 22% 32% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2% Worried (Net) 48% 60% 31% 28% 61% 45% Very worried 21% 30% 11% 8% 30% 19% Somewhat worried 26% 30% 20% 20% 31% 27% Not worried (Net) 51% 39% 67% 70% 38% 54% Not too worried 26% 23% 32% 30% 23% 27% Not at all worried 25% 16% 35% 40% 15% 26% Don't know/undecided/refused 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% POLL10 Oct ,