Majority of Americans think Snowden did the right thingFifty-five percent of registered American voters consider former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to be a whistleblower, and only 34 percent call him a traitor – despite US lawmakers labeling him as such. A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that the majority of Americans perceive Snowden as a man who exposed the inappropriate surveillance tactics of the US government – not as a man who betrayed his duty.