--- description: A growing fear of terrorism has helped boost Donald Trump’s favor among Republican voters, according to a new poll. title: Americans Fear Terrorism As Much As Sept. 11: Poll image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafdbe88c250e945c/698874f6428a9e077bcd0867/trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Terrorism](/tag/terrorism/) ## Terrorism Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Americans Are More Fearful of Terrorism Than Any Other Time Since Sept. 11  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 12:55 AM CUT  Donald Trump shakes hands and signs autographs with his supporters on Nov. 23, 2015 in Columbus, OH. Donald Trump shakes hands and signs autographs with his supporters on Nov. 23, 2015 in Columbus, OH.Ty Wright—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 12:55 AM CUT Americans are more fearful of a terrorist attack than at any other time since the terror attacks of Sept. 11 2001, [according to a new poll](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/us/politics/fear-of-terrorism-lifts-donald-trump-in-new-york-times-cbs-poll.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=2 "undefined"). An overwhelming amount of Americans believe the country is doomed to suffer another attack, the latest [New York _Times_/CBS News poll](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/us/politics/fear-of-terrorism-lifts-donald-trump-in-new-york-times-cbs-poll.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=2 "undefined") has found. Forty-four percent say it is “very likely” to happen in the new few months. That’s the highest in _Times_ or CBS polls since the weeks following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the _Times_ reported. The growing fear of terrorism has helped boost Donald Trump’s favor among Republican voters, according to the poll. Seven in 10 people who are likely to cast ballots in the GOP primary said the outspoken real estate mogul has what it takes to confront terrorism if elected president. The national telephone survey, released Thursday, was conducted Dec. 4 to 8\. Among the 1,275 adults who took the poll, 431 were Republican primary voters and 384 were Democratic primary voters. It had a margin of error of +/- 3% for all adults and +/- 6% for both Democratic and Republican primary voters. \[[_NY Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/us/politics/fear-of-terrorism-lifts-donald-trump-in-new-york-times-cbs-poll.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=2 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145388/american-terrorism-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145388/american-terrorism-poll/"},"headline":"Americans Are More Fearful of Terrorism Than Any Other Time Since Sept. 11","datePublished":"2015-12-11T00:55:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:57:41.197Z","description":"44% of those surveyed believe an attack will happen in the next few months","url":"https://time.com/4145388/american-terrorism-poll/","keywords":["Terrorism","Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafdbe88c250e945c/698874f6428a9e077bcd0867/trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafdbe88c250e945c/698874f6428a9e077bcd0867/trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump","caption":"Donald Trump shakes hands and signs autographs with his supporters on Nov. 23, 2015 in Columbus, OH.","creditText":"Ty Wright—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/terrorism/","name":"Terrorism"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145388/american-terrorism-poll/","name":"Americans Are More Fearful of Terrorism Than Any Other Time Since Sept. 11"}}]}] ```