A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that 52 percent of women oppose requiring women to register for the draft, while 28 percent favor it and 10 percent say they are undecided.
In contrast, 61 percent of men say they would support having women register.
Overall, 49 percent of those asked support the idea of women registering, and 44 percent oppose, the poll released Wednesday found.
The poll said 53 percent of Republicans said they oppose making women register, while 43 percent of Democrats said the same.
Though the draft hasn’t been used since the Vietnam War and the military is an all-volunteer service, but the top generals of the Marines and Army said this month that women should be required to required to register for it if all combat jobs are going to be open to them. In addition, Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., introduced a bill earlier this month that would require women to register.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has also said Congress should decide whether women should be required to register.
Just 29 percent of those surveyed in the poll think the United States should have a military draft, a notable 11-point uptick from five years ago. Fifty-eight percent still oppose a draft, while 14 percent are unsure.
The telephone-based poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted Feb. 3-4 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
