nearly two-thirds americans believe torture justify extract information suspect terrorists accord reuters/ipsos poll level support similar see countries like nigeria militant attack common poll reflect u.s. public edge massacre 14 people san bernardino december large-scale attack europe recent months include bomb claim militant group islamic state last week kill least 32 people belgium donald trump front-runner 2016 republican presidential nomination forcefully inject issue whether terrorism suspect torture election campaign trump say would seek roll back president barack obama ban waterboarding interrogation technique simulate drown human right group contend illegal geneva conventions trump also vow bring back hell lot bad elect trump stance draw broad criticism human right organizations world body political rival poll find suggest many americans align trump issue although survey ask respondents define consider torture public right cop host negative emotions say elizabeth zechmeister vanderbilt university professor study link terrorist threats public opinion fear anger general anxiety trump give certain credibility feel say march 22-28 online poll ask respondents torture justify suspect terrorists obtain information terrorism 25 percent say often justify another 38 percent sometimes justify 15 percent say torture never use republicans accept torture elicit information democrats 82 percent republicans say torture `` often `` `` sometimes `` justify compare 53 percent democrats graphic tmsnrt.rs/1shobx1 two-thirds respondents also say expect terrorist attack u.s. soil within next six months survey poll agencies recent years show u.s. support use torture around 50 percent 2014 survey amnesty international example put american support torture 45 percent compare 64 percent nigeria 66 percent kenya 74 percent india nigeria battle seven-year-old insurgency displace million people kill thousands al shabaab militants launch series deadly attack kenya india fight years-old maoist insurgency kill hundreds november terrorism replace economy top concern many americans reuters/ipsos poll shortly militants affiliate islamic state kill 130 people paris graphic polling.reuters.com/ poll/sc8/type/smallest/dates/20151101-20151231/collapsed/true/spotlight/1 time trump surge popularity among republicans view strong candidate deal terrorism besides advocacy waterboarding trump say would bomb hell isis use alternative acronym islamic state deal people play rule see would tie hand take away options like waterboarding say jo ann tieken 71 trump supporter tieken say view influence injuries suffer two step-grandsons serve military four years ago afghanistan reuters/ipsos poll include 1,976 people credibility interval measure accuracy 2.5 percentage point entire group percentage point democrats republicans graphic reut.rs/1rp3x6c exclusive americans support torture terror suspect reuters/ipsos poll