Voters Say Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq Have Raised US Terrorist Threat

American voters still believe radical Islam remains a threat to the United States, and a good number of them believe the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have only made matters worse.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll found 75 percent of likely U.S. voters consider radical Islamic terrorism at least a somewhat serious threat in the U.S., with 38 percent saying it is a very serious threat. Only 19 percentdon't see thisterrorism as a serious threat, but that includes only 3 percent who say its not at all serious.

Twenty-three percent of American voters believe the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have increased the threat of radical Islamic terrorism within the U.S., while22 percent say they have had no impact.

The national survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 7-8. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.