Poll: Young Adults Fear Draft Coming

Poll: Young Adults Fear Draft Coming

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Monday, Oct. 11, 2004

WASHINGTON - In spite of denials by the Bush administration, half of young Americans believe President George W. Bush wants to reinstate the military draft, a national poll suggests.

The National Annenberg Election Survey found that 51 percent of adults age 18 to 29 believe Bush wants to reinstate the draft.

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Eight percent said Kerry supports bringing back the draft, 7 percent said both want to. A fourth said neither candidate favors the idea and 8 percent said they did not know the candidates' positions on the issue.

Both Bush and Kerry say they don't support a renewed military draft. Earlier this week, the House defeated a bill paving the way to a draft 402-2. House Republicans have sought to quash the persistent Internet rumor that the president wants to reinstate the draft if re-elected, while Kerry has suggested the draft could be reinstated if voters re-elect Bush.

Three in 10 of 1,543 adults of all age ranges think Bush wants to reinstate the draft, and 7 percent of all adults think both Bush and Kerry feel that way.

The polling was done from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points - 7 percentage points for adults age 18-29. -

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