(of 102 men, 70 women)
1. Do you favor President Reagan's decision to extend draft registration?
Yes 37% No 63%
2. Do you think the nation is closer to a peacetime draft than it was a year ago?
Yes 46% No 51%
Don't Know 3%
3. The administration has denied that the Polish crisis and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union had anything to do with the president's decision. What is your opinion of the administration's explanation that the decision was based solely on new statistics indicating that registration would significantly speed up a potential mobilization?
a) Accept administration's explanation 20%
b) Believe that initial tension played part in decision 49%
c) Believe international situation, particularly crackdown in Poland was main reason for decision 31%
4. Are you registered if you should be?
Yes 81% No 10%
Not Applicable 9%
5. Would you evade a peacetime draft for philosophical or practical reasons?
Yes 38% No 47%
Don't Know 15%
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