Poll Finds Terrorism Top Issue in US Following Deadly Attacks

Flags surround a makeshift memorial outside the government building where Syed Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 in San Bernardino, Calif.

Natalie Johnson, --December 14, 2015

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Americans on edge following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., view terrorism as the biggest issue facing the nation, according to a new Gallup poll.
Nearly one in six Americans—16 percent—cited terrorism as the most pressing problem in the U.S., surging fivefold from 3 percent at the beginning of November, before the two deadly massacres. The percentage of Americans who contend terrorism is the nation’s primary concern is at its highest in a decade, since bombings in London, according to the poll released Monday. More...

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