Most Prefer Airport Body Scanner to Pat-Down

Rasmussen Reports
Nov. 03, 2010

Not much of a choice, let's see how many don't want to go through either.Airports across the country, from Washington, D.C. to Seattle, are beginning to install new full-body scanners as part of their security checkpoints. But for privacy reasons, many Americans oppose the scanners which show full-body nude images of the passenger to a screener in another room.

In the wake of the latest terrorist bombing attempt last week, the Department of Homeland Security may soon require full-body pat-downs of all boarding airline passengers if they refuse to go through the full-body scanner. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that, given the choice, 69% of Likely U.S. voters would rather go through the full-body scanner at the airport than be subjected to a full body pat-down. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Twenty-two percent (22%) would opt for the pat-down rather than go through the scanner

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