This survey, conducted across the United States in April 2014, shows public opinion(by party) regarding whether waterboarding, which is inducing a sense of drowning by pouring water on someone with a bag over their face, can be considered as a form of torture. 80 percent of democrats said they considered waterboarding as a form of torture.
Do you think that waterboarding is torture?
(by political affiliation)
Source does not specify the type of survey used. The source poses the question as follows: "Do you think that waterboarding, that is inducing a sense of drowning by pouring water on someone with a bag over their face, is torture?"
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YouGov. (May 6, 2014). Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by political affiliation) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/
YouGov. "Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by political affiliation)." Chart. May 6, 2014. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/
YouGov. (2014). Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by political affiliation). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/
YouGov. "Do You Think That Waterboarding Is Torture? (by Political Affiliation)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2014, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/
YouGov, Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by political affiliation) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Do you think that waterboarding is torture? (by political affiliation) [Graph], YouGov, May 6, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/298818/united-states-waterboarding-induce-sense-drowning-torture-political-affiliation/
