As thousands gathered in London for a second weekend of demonstrations - which passed off peacefully - the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times found little sympathy.
And it also suggested the country was pessimistic about community relations with British Muslims - with 67% expecting tensions to worsen.
The decision to publish the cartoons - and the reprint of them elsewhere - was backed by more than two to one, 56% to 29%.
A huge majority - 88% - agreed that the violent protests have been a "gross overreaction" and 58% said they were angered by placards seen in London last week.
Some carried slogans threatening a repeat of the September 11 and July 7 bombings and 76% of those polled said the police should have arrested those carrying them.
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However, the poll found that 80% of people thought police and politicians showed too much tolerance of such extremism, with 67% blaming political correctness by senior officers.
The survey also suggested that more than four in five people (81%) believe foreigners who stir up racial and religious hatred should be deported no matter what the consequences.
Only 17% believed there was a future of peaceful co-existence between Muslims and other Britons and 87% of people expected a repeat of the July 7 bombings.
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