Börjar revisionism så sakteliga slå igenom?

Sådana gallupar är i sig en indikation på spridning och ökande inverkan av förintelserevisionismen. Om det var en helt obetydlig företeelse, skulle det inte finnas något incitament för att estimera antalet personer som accepterar eller kan vara känsliga för den revisionistiska synvinkeln. Offentliggörande av resultaten av dessa omröstningar gör det också möjligt för fler att lära sig att en avvikande syn på förintelsenhistorierna existerar.

In western Canada, after a newspaper article attacked writer Doug Collins for his views on the Holocaust story, The Province newspaper of Vancouver, British Columbia, asked readers, "Do you agree with Doug Collins that the Nazi Holocaust is exaggerated?" Out of 295 who called in to respond, 50 percent said that they agree. (The Province, Oct. 6, p. A14)

In Georgia, nearly 19 percent "aren't sure that the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews occurred," according to a 1993 survey conducted by the University of Georgia Survey Research Center. Answering a separate question, nearly 20 percent think "the number of Jews killed by the Nazis, generally estimated at six million, may be inflated." (Atlanta Journal/Constitution, June 10, 1993, p. A8).

In Idaho, a poll conducted in March by a Twin Falls television station asked viewers, "Do you believe that the Holocaust really occurred?" One in four participants in this survey answered "No." (See the July-August 1994 Journal, p. 43)
A 1994 Gallup poll found that nine percent of Americans doubted "the Holocaust," which was defined as "usually referring to the killing of millions of Jews in Nazi death camps." (New York Times, May 20, 1994).

In Italy, one in ten persons surveyed in 1992 by the Italian magazine Espresso believes that the Holocaust story is an "invention of the Jews." (See the Sept.-Oct. 1993 Journal, p. 29).