45% Think U.S.-Muslim Relations Worse Than Four Years Ago

23% Blame Middle East Protests on Anti-Islamic Video

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted September 21-22, 2012

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about protests in the Middle East?

2* Is there a global conflict in the world today between Western Civilization and Islamic nations?

3* Have recent protests at U.S. embassies in the Middle East largely been planned in advance or are they spontaneous reactions to an anti-Islamic video?

4* How likely is it that terrorists were involved in the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya?

5* Are U.S. relations with the Islamic world better or worse than they were four years ago? Or are they about the same?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence