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Foes dislike her form of government; reliability questioned
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
Winston Churchill’s bid to the United States to form a permanent military alliance with England after the war raises the question whether we should also seek to form a military compact with the other great Allied power in Europe – Russia.
Public sentiment in the United States, as reported earlier this week, is strongly in favor of an alliance with Britain. Although there is considerably less support for a similar alliance with Russia, the number who favor such a pact is larger than the number opposed.
This is revealed in an Institute survey in which men and women of all racial backgrounds, religious beliefs, and economic and educational status were questioned on the following issue:
Interviewing Date 8/19-24/43 Survey #300-K Question #7bAfter the war, should the United States and Russia make a permanent military alliance, that is, agree to come to each other’s defense immediately if the other is attacked at any future time?
| Yes | 39% |
| No | 37% |
| Undecided | 24% |
This contrasts with the vote on a military alliance with Britain as follows:
After the war, should the United States and Great Britain make a permanent military alliance, that is, agree to come to each other’s defense immediately if the other is attacked at any future time?
| Yes | 61% |
| No | 25% |
| Undecided | 14% |
The rank and file of Republican and Democratic voters, who were in agreement on a military alliance with Britain, are found to be on opposite sides of the fence so far as an alliance with Russia is concerned.
The weight of opinion in the Democratic ranks is in favor, the weight of opinion in the GOP opposed. The following is the party vote on a Russian alliance as well as on a British alliance:
BRITISH ALLIANCE
| Yes | No | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republicans | 57% | 29% | 14% |
| Democrats | 67% | 19% | 14% |
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE
| Yes | No | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republicans | 36% | 48% | 21% |
| Democrats | 45% | 31% | 24% |
Here are the tables showing the sectional vote for alliances with Russia and Britain:
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE
| Yes | No | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England/Mid-Atlantic | 39% | 38% | 23% |
| East Central | 37% | 39% | 24% |
| West Central | 37% | 42% | 21% |
| South | 47% | 22% | 31% |
| Far West | 40% | 39% | 21% |
BRITISH ALLIANCE
| Yes | No | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England/Mid-Atlantic | 60% | 27% | 13% |
| East Central | 58% | 27% | 15% |
| West Central | 60% | 26% | 14% |
| South | 72% | 11% | 17% |
| Far West | 59% | 27% | 14% |
The chief objections to any alliance with Russia fall into two main categories.
In the first category are those who feel that Russia’s form of government and her ideals are too different from ours to make a close alliance workable.
In the second category are the people who believe that Russia cannot be trusted.
Those who believe in a Russo-American alliance argue that it is in the best interests of both nations to team together to try to keep world peace.
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