May 1, 2011 4:43 PM

60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: May Edition

  • What potential crisis do you fear most?

The global crisis that Americans fear most is another World War, with 38 percent. With the tragedy in Japan still unfolding, American thoughts and fears are focused on what is happening there: 28 percent fear a nuclear accident while 11 percent fear an earthquake. Another 11 percent fear overpopulation, six percent fear an oil shortage and only four percent fear a close encounter of the third kind.




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