Poll: Americans Weigh In on Iraq
By Megan Thee
from NYT political blog
While President George W. Bush continues to pursue his Iraq strategy, and Senate Democrats and Republicans debate the direction of the nation’s war policy, Americans persist in their negativity about how the war is going, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll conducted last Monday through Friday.
Three-quarters of those polled said the war was going badly while just one-quarter said it was going well. This level of negative public opinion has been relatively constant since January.
The party divide on the war remains clear. Republicans are conflicted – they are evenly split, with half saying their president’s war is going well and half saying it is going badly. Democrats, however, overwhelmingly hold a negative assessment of the war, with 92 percent saying the war is going badly.
The nationwide telephone poll was conducted July 9-13 with 927 adults nationwide. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
How would you say things are going for the U.S. in its efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq? Would you say things are going very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly?
Very well 3%
Somewhat well 22%
Somewhat badly 30%
Very badly 44%
(Emphasis ours. The post is here.)
from NYT political blog
While President George W. Bush continues to pursue his Iraq strategy, and Senate Democrats and Republicans debate the direction of the nation’s war policy, Americans persist in their negativity about how the war is going, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll conducted last Monday through Friday.
Three-quarters of those polled said the war was going badly while just one-quarter said it was going well. This level of negative public opinion has been relatively constant since January.
The party divide on the war remains clear. Republicans are conflicted – they are evenly split, with half saying their president’s war is going well and half saying it is going badly. Democrats, however, overwhelmingly hold a negative assessment of the war, with 92 percent saying the war is going badly.
The nationwide telephone poll was conducted July 9-13 with 927 adults nationwide. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
How would you say things are going for the U.S. in its efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq? Would you say things are going very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly?
Very well 3%
Somewhat well 22%
Somewhat badly 30%
Very badly 44%
(Emphasis ours. The post is here.)
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