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[Gawdzilla Sama]

But the same poll shows that 68% of the people said that war with Germany was inevitable. And 72% said the same thing for Japan. Very few said war with these countries was NOT likely.

War with Germany was inevitable. Hitler declared war on the United States. The one and only war he formally declared. Japan attacked the US, another inevitable war. The buildup to the war with Japan is another story.

And I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about here. What period of time. Are these contemporary polls from before december '41 you're quoting?

The polls I'm referring to are here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/Gallup/ The period is from Sept. 1, 1939 to end of 1941. 

The HTMLs have the questions related to the war broken out. The PDF has the whole set of questions for the period under question.

"The buildup to the war with Japan is another story."  My Ph.D. thesis would have been on this, so if you have any questions...