Which of the following comes closest to your view on nuclear weapons?

Which of the following comes closest to your view on nuclear weapons? Published on 9 August 2017 → Survey conducted on 9 August 2017 on 6276 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

On the whole nuclear weapons make the world a safer place by making it less likely that countries will go to war with nuclear-armed countries

26%

On the whole nuclear weapons make the world a more dangerous place by increasing the chance that any war involving nuclear-armed countries may escalate into a nuclear war

56%

Don't know

18%

On the whole nuclear weapons make the world a safer place by making it less likely that countries will go to war with nuclear-armed countries

26%

On the whole nuclear weapons make the world a more dangerous place by increasing the chance that any war involving nuclear-armed countries may escalate into a nuclear war

56%

Don't know

18%

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