Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters say that America has become safer in the years since September 11, 2001. Thirty-six percent (36%) say it has become less safe. Those numbers include 16% who say it is Much Safer and 16% who say it is Much Less safe. By nearly a 2-to-1 margin (60% to 34%), Republicans say the country has become safer. Democrats agree, but by a smaller 49% to 39% margin.

Younger voters are most likely to say it is safer. Sixty-percent (60%) of voters under 35 say the country is safer, but just 38% of seniors agree. Government employees are also more skeptical that the world is safer; 44% believe it is, compared to 65% of self-employed workers and 61% of private sector workers.

Finally, there is also a clear income divide: roughly 6-in-10 voters making more than $75,000 per year say the country is safer. Among those making less than that, the number ranges from 41% to 46%.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, September 8-9, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.