Condoleezza Rice Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 5-6, 2006. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Condoleezza Rice is handling her job as secretary of state?"
..................Approve.......Disapprove......Unsure
10/5-6/06.........48%..........32%..............20%
8/10-11/06.......54%..........29%..............17%
Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 5-6, 2006. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. "Please tell me which political party -- the Republicans or the Democrats -- you trust to do a better job handling each of the following. What about the situation in Iraq? Which party do you trust to do a better job handling this issue?" Parties rotated ....................Republicans...Democrats...Both (vol.)...Neither (vol.)...Unsure
10/5-6/06............34%............47%............1%............9%............9%
8/10-11/06..........39%............45%............1%............7%............8%
"All in all, do you think the United States is making progress or losing ground in its efforts to establish security and democracy in Iraq?" ......................Making.........Losing........Unsure
......................Progress.......Ground
10/5-6/06...........29%............64%............7%
8/10-11/06..........31%...........58%...........11%
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"How confident are you that the United States will successfully establish a stable democratic form of government in Iraq over the long term? Are you very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, or not at all confident?" .....................Very............Somewhat....Not Too......Not at All......Unsure
.....................Confident.....Confident.....Confident...Confident
10/5-6/06...........12%............26%............26%............32%............4%
8/10-11/06.........11%............32%............24%............30%............3%
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"From what you know now, do you think the United States did the right thing in taking military action against Iraq, or not?" .................Right Thing.......Not Right......Unsure
........................................Thing
10/5-6/06........41%..............53%..............6%
8/10-11/06......49%..............47%..............4%
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"In general, do you think the Iraq war has made Americans safer from terrorism, or not?" .....................Has......Has Not....Unsure
10/5-6/06........29%........66%........5%
8/10-11/06......32%........63%........5%
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"Before the Iraq War, the Bush Administration said it had intelligence reports indicating that Iraq was hiding banned chemical or biological weapons from UN weapons inspectors. But so far, no such banned weapons have been found in Iraq. Do you think the Bush Administration ?"
"Misinterpreted or misanalyzed the intelligence reports they said indicated Iraq had banned weapons" ........................Yes............No............Unsure
10/5-6/06...........61%..........30%.............9%
3/18-19/04.........55%..........35%............10%
"Purposely misled the public about evidence that Iraq had banned weapons in order to build support for war" ........................Yes............No............Unsure
10/5-6/06...........58%..........36%............6%
3/18-19/0...........46%..........49%............5%