65% Agree that Palestinian Gov't Must Recognize Israel

Saturday, February 04, 2006

By a 3-to-1 margin, American voters agree with President Bush that the United States should not support the new Palestinian government until in recognizes Israel's right to exist.

This view is shared by 82% of Republicans, 53% of Democrats, and 58% of unaffiliated voters.

Seventy-nine percent (79%) of conservatives agree with the President on this point along with 62% of moderates and 51% of liberal voters.

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Overall, 53% of Americans gave the President good or excellent marks for his State-of-the-Union Address. An identical number believe it is somewhat or very likely that the U.S. will be at war with Iran within a year.

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The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 1, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 37% of survey respondents were Republican, 37% Democrat, and 26% unaffiliated (see Methodology)

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

February 1, 2006

President Bush has indicated that the United States will not support the new Palestinian Government until it acknowledges the right of Israel to exist.
Agree with President	65%
Disagree	21%
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