Poll Finds Most Oppose Return to Draft

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: June 24, 2005

Filed at 9:31 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most Americans don't want to see the return of the military draft, although men, older Americans and Republicans were most likely to say it's a good idea, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

A majority of those polled also wouldn't encourage their own children to enlist -- highlighting the problems faced by the military as recruiting is in a slump.