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National Security
August 2004
1. Do you think there will be another major terrorist attack before the election?
25% YES
52% NO
23% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
2. If there is another attack, will it make you . . . ?
19% MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH
15% MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR SENATOR KERRY
62% HAVE NO EFFECT ON MY VOTE
4% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
3. Generally speaking, is terrorism an evil to be destroyed or a problem to be managed?
45% AN EVIL TO BE DESTROYED
44% A PROBLEM TO BE MANAGED
3% OTHER [NOT READ]
9% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
4. If he is elected, what do you think Senator Kerry will do in Iraq ?
38% REDUCE AMERICAN PRESENCE GRADUALLY
19% WITHDRAW AMERICAN FORCES IMMEDIATELY
13% KEEP THE SAME LEVEL OF TROOP STRENGTH
6% INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN TROOPS
3% OTHER [NOT READ]
22% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
June 2004
5. Thinking about Iraq for a moment, when a news organization reads the names of Americans who have died over there, does it make you . . .
52% MORE COMMITTED
27% DEMORALIZED
12% NEITHER [NOT READ]
5% OTHER [NOT READ]
4% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
6. How concerned are you about the incidents at Abu Ghraib prison?
40% VERY
26% SOMEWHAT
12% NOT VERY
15% NOT AT ALL
7% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
7. Do you think the media has . . .
11% GIVEN THAT STORY TOO LITTLE COVERAGE
25% GIVEN THAT STORY THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COVERAGE
57% GIVEN THAT STORY TOO MUCH COVERAGE
7% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
8. Which of the following actions is more representative of each side's value system?
12% THE PRISONER ABUSE INCIDENTS AT ABU GHRAIB
59% THE BEHEADING OF AMERICAN NICK BERG CAPTURED ON VIDEO
29% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
9. What do you think we should do in Iraq ?
58% STAY UNTIL THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS STABLE
21% LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
16% LEAVE AS SOON AS THE IRAQIS HAVE A GOVERNMENT
6% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
10. What do you think those who died in Iraq would want us to do?
63% STAY UNTIL THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS STABLE
17% LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
9% LEAVE AS SOON AS THE IRAQIS HAVE A GOVERNMENT
12% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
February 2004
11. If there is another serious terrorist attack within the United States this year, how much will the Bush Administration be at fault?
21% NOT AT ALL
18% A LITTLE
29% SOME
18% SUBSTANTIALLY
11% TOTALLY
4% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
12. If there is another serious terrorist attack within the United States before the election, will it make you . . . to vote for Bush?
15% MUCH MORE LIKELY
14% SOMEWHAT MORE LIKELY
21% SOMEWHAT LESS LIKELY
25% MUCH LESS LIKELY
22% HAVE NO EFFECT [NOT READ]
4% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
13. Do you think the Administration has Osama Bin Laden in custody already?
13% YES
81% NO
7% DON'T KNOW/REFUSED
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