What do you think is more important, defeating ISIS or making sure that President Assad does not win the Syrian Civil War?

What do you think is more important, defeating ISIS or making sure that President Assad does not win the Syrian Civil War? Published on September 30, 2015 → Survey conducted on September 30, 2015 on 4448 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Defeating ISIS

58%

Making sure that President Assad does not win the Syrian Civil War

Not sure

33%

Defeating ISIS

58%

Making sure that President Assad does not win the Syrian Civil War

Not sure

33%

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