2026年9月9日 美国东部时间下午5:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：詹妮弗·德平托、弗雷德·巴克斯
25年后的今天，美国人将2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击视为一个标志性事件——一个从根本上改变了美国的事件，一个值得被永远铭记的事件。
当人们回顾往事时，他们认为如今的美国在某些方面已经截然不同。大多数人认为如今的国家凝聚力不如袭击发生之时，但也有很多人认为，如果如今美国再次遭遇境外恐怖袭击，美国民众会像25年前那样团结起来。
为应对9·11袭击，美国发起了一场常被称为“反恐战争”的军事行动。如今，多数美国人认为这场行动至少取得了一定成效，尽管仍存在一些不安情绪。
如今有很多人当时尚未出生或是年纪太小，没能记住9·11事件。他们后来通过学校教育、老师、家人和朋友了解到了这场袭击。
但即便他们个人对袭击的记忆并不深刻，大多数年轻成年人也确实承认9·11是具有重大影响的事件。和大多数民众一样，他们中的多数人认为这些袭击永远改变了美国，不过年纪更大的美国人尤其认为，人们继续铭记那一天非常重要。
该事件影响力的另一个体现是，约四分之一的美国人表示曾参观过9·11纪念场所或博物馆，其中既有年轻人也有老年人。
反恐战争：多数人认为取得了一定成效
在9·11事件发生后的25年里，多数美国人认为美国为减少恐怖主义所采取的行动至少取得了一定成效，还有很多人认为这些行动让美国变得更安全。
不过民众并非没有担忧。虽然几乎没人认为自己会面临恐怖主义的“人身危险”，但仍有很多人持续感到“有些不安”——这与20年前美国纪念袭击事件20周年时民众的感受类似。
袭击发生后的数年间，美国民众处于紧张状态——大多数人认为美国境内很可能会再次发生恐怖袭击。
如今，美国民众在“美国是否做好了充分准备应对境内恐怖袭击”这一问题上存在分歧。这种观点分歧一定程度上源于党派立场，或许反映了民众对现任政府的看法。大多数共和党人认为美国已经做好准备，而大多数民主党人和无党派人士则不这么认为。
2001年9月11日：过去与现在
美国人确实看到了袭击发生后美国发生的变化。与当时相比，如今人们认为美国的安全程度有所提升，但隐私保障却更少了。值得注意的是，民众认为国家凝聚力下降了。
在9·11事件后的余波中，哥伦比亚广播公司2001年的民调显示，当时大多数美国人批评机场安保等方面存在问题，民众支持联邦政府在机场安保方面承担更多职责。
人们常说，9·11事件后美国变得更加团结。从一项衡量标准来看，美国民众确实团结在了总统身后。袭击发生后，乔治·W·布什总统的工作支持率在2001年10月初飙升至90%——这是哥伦比亚广播公司民调中在职总统获得的最高支持率。
当时，美国民众几乎一致支持对袭击实施者采取军事行动，这种两党团结的局面如今在包括军事行动在内的其他议题上已难得一见。
约半数美国人认为，如果如今美国遭遇境外恐怖袭击，美国民众会像9·11事件后那样团结，甚至会更加团结。但有40%的人认为，美国民众不会再像当时那样团结在一起——尤其是那些对9·11事件记忆犹新的人。
本次哥伦比亚广播公司/舆观民调于2026年9月1日至4日进行，受访样本为具有全国代表性的2373名美国成年人。根据美国人口普查局美国社区调查和当前人口调查以及2024年总统选举结果，样本按性别、年龄、种族和教育程度进行加权，以确保能够代表全国成年人口。误差范围为±2.3个百分点。
调查结果详表
CBS News poll: 25 years after 9/11, most see a changed country and some success fighting terrorism
September 9, 2026 5:00 PM EDT / CBS News
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus
Twenty-five years later, Americans view the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as a defining event — one that fundamentally changed the country and that needs to be remembered.
As people look back, they see a different country today in some ways. Most feel there is less unity now than at the time of the attacks, though many think that the U.S. would unify as it did 25 years ago if another terror attack from overseas were to happen today.
In response to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. launched a military campaign often referred to as the “war on terrorism.” Today, most feel that campaign has been at least somewhat successful, although some uneasiness remains.
There are many today who weren’t born or were too young to remember 9/11. They have since come to learn about the attacks in school and from teachers and from family and friends, as well.
But even if they don’t remember it very well personally, most younger adults do recognize 9/11 as a consequential event. Most of them, like the public overall, believe those attacks changed the country forever, although it’s older Americans who especially feel it’s very important that people continue to remember that day.
Another indication of the event’s significance is that roughly a quarter of Americans say they have visited a 9/11 memorial or museum, including both younger and older people.
War on terrorism: Most see some success
In the 25 years since 9/11, most Americans feel U.S. actions to reduce terrorism have been at least somewhat successful, and many feel those efforts have made the U.S. safer.
People are not without some concern, however. While few feel personally “in danger” from terrorism, many continue to feel “somewhat uneasy” — similar to how they felt five years ago when the country marked 20 years since the attacks.
People were on edge in the years immediately following the attacks — most believed another terrorist attack in the U.S. was likely to happen.
Today, the country is divided on whether the U.S. is adequately prepared to deal with a terrorist attack in the U.S. Opinions on this are driven partly by political partisanship, perhaps reflecting people’s views of the current administration. Most Republicans think the U.S. is prepared, while most Democrats and independents don’t think it is.
Sept. 11, 2001: Then and now
Americans do see changes in the U.S. since the attacks. Compared to that time, people feel there’s more security today, but feel there’s less privacy. Notably, they see less unity.
In the aftermath of 9/11, CBS News polling in 2001 found most Americans at the time critiqued security at airports, among other things, and the public supported the federal government taking on an increased role in airport security.
It has been said that the country became more unified after the 9/11 attacks. By one measure, Americans did rally behind their president. After the attacks, President George W. Bush’s job approval rating soared to 90% in early October 2001 — the highest approval rating for a sitting president to date in CBS News polling.
At the time, there was also near-universal support for U.S. military action against those responsible for the attacks, a measure of bipartisan unity that is rarely seen today on other issues, including military actions.
About half of the country believes that if a terror attack from overseas happened today, Americans would be just as united as they were after 9/11, or more so. But 40% feel the nation would not come together in the same way — particularly those who personally remember the 9/11 attacks very well.
This CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,373 U.S. adults interviewed between September 1-4, 2026. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender, age, race, and education, based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as 2024 presidential vote. The margin of error is ±2.3 points.
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