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Survey of 1,000 Adults November 16-17, 2005
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November 18, 2005--Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans say that President Bush is doing a poor job of handling the situation in Iraq. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 33% give the President good or excellent marks on this topic. Fifteen percent (15%) say he is doing a fair job. CrossTabs are available for Premium Members. Related survey data shows that the country is evenly divided as to whether or not the President should set a firm deadline for bringing home troops from Iraq. An earlier survey found that most Americans place a higher priority on bringing home the troops than insuring a peaceful and free Iraq. Among Republicans, 60% say the President is doing a good or excellent job handling the situation in Iraq. However, even a quarter of those in his own party (24%) give him poor marks. Among Democrats, 13% say good or excellent and 73% poor. For those not affiliated with either major party, the numbers are 24% good or excellent and 57% poor. [More Below] Fifty-three percent (53%) of women give the President poor marks on Iraq along with 48% of men. Forty-eight percent (48%) of white Americans give the President poor marks on Iraq along with 59% of other Americans. A summary of recent Election 2006 polls on key races for Governor and the U.S. Senate can be found on the Rasmussen Reports home page. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 16-17, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology). |
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