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| Washington Post/ABC News Poll Tuesday, February 25, 2003 The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,024 randomly selected adults nationwide, and was conducted Feb. 19 -23, 2003. The margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public opinion poll. Interviewing was conducted by TNS Intersearch of Horsham, Pa. *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? ---------Approve--------- --------Disapprove------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Strongly Somewhat opin.
2/23/03 60 na na 34 na na 6
2/9/03 64 42 21 34 20 14 3
2/1/03 62 41 21 34 22 13 4
1/28/03 62 43 19 36 23 13 2
1/27/03 59 39 21 37 22 15 4
1/20/03 59 36 23 38 22 16 2
12/15/02 66 37 28 32 20 12 2
11/4/02 LV 67 45 23 31 20 12 1
11/3/02 LV 67 45 22 32 20 12 1
11/2/02 LV 67 47 20 32 23 9 1
10/27/02 All 67 39 28 29 16 13 4
10/27/02 LV 68 47 21 30 16 14 3
9/26/02 67 42 25 30 18 12 3
9/8/02 71 42 28 27 15 12 3
7/28/02 69 39 31 28 14 14 3
7/15/02 72 42 31 25 13 12 2
6/17/02 74 42 32 22 13 9 4
6/9/02 77 41 36 20 11 9 3
5/19/02 76 48 28 22 13 8 3
4/21/02 78 47 31 20 10 9 2
3/28/02 79 49 30 18 10 8 3
3/10/02 82 52 30 16 7 9 2
1/27/02 83 56 27 14 7 7 3
12/19/01 86 64 22 12 6 6 2
11/27/01 89 69 21 9 5 4 1
11/6/01 89 65 24 9 4 5 2
10/9/01 92 76 16 6 3 3 1
9/27/01 90 70 20 6 3 3 4
9/13/01 86 63 23 12 6 5 2
9/9/01 55 26 29 41 22 20 3
8/12/01 61 28 33 31 17 14 8
7/30/01 59 28 30 38 22 17 3
6/3/01 55 27 28 40 22 18 6
4/22/01 63 33 30 32 16 16 5
3/25/01 58 NA NA 33 NA NA 8
2/25/01 55 NA NA 23 NA NA 22
ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE: 2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling the situation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein? Approve Disapprove No opinion
2/23/03 55 39 6
2/9/03 61 37 2
2/5/03 All 61 32 7
Watched Powell* 65 31 5
Didn't watch 55 35 10
2/1/03 61 35 3
1/28/03 58 38 4
1/27/03 57 40 3
1/20/03 50 46 4
12/15/02 58 37 5
11/4/02 LV 56 40 4
11/3/02 LV 57 40 4
11/2/02 LV 56 41 3
10/27/02 All 57 38 5
10/27/02 LV 61 37 3
9/26/02 58 39 3
9/14/02 65 31 4
8/29/02 52 36 12
*Listened, watched, heard or read about it
ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE: 3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the United Nations is handling the situation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein?
Approve Disapprove No opinion
2/23/03 38 56 6
4. Would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power? Would you say you favor/oppose military action against Iraq strongly or only somewhat? ---------Favor--------- ---------Oppose-------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Strongly Somewhat op.
2/23/03 63 42 21 31 18 13 6
2/9/03 66 46 21 31 17 14 2
2/5/03 All 67 45 22 27 17 11 6
Watched Powell 71 51 20 24 15 9 5
Didn't watch 61 37 23 32 18 13 7
2/1/03 66 48 19 31 18 14 3
1/28/03 63 43 19 32 20 13 5
1/27/03 61 40 21 36 21 15 3
1/20/03 57 40 17 41 25 16 3
12/15/02 62 41 20 35 20 15 3
11/17/02 64 NA NA 29 NA NA 7
9/26/02 61 NA NA 34 NA NA 5
9/14/02 68 NA NA 29 NA NA 3
8/29/02 56 NA NA 34 NA NA 10
8/11/02 69 NA NA 22 NA NA 9
3/10/02 72 NA NA 24 NA NA 4
2/21/02 67 46 21 30 12 18 4
1/27/02 71 NA NA 24 NA NA 4
12/19/01 72 NA NA 24 NA NA 5
11/27/01 78 NA NA 17 NA NA 6
10/11/94* 72 NA NA 23 NA NA 5
1/15/93** 82 NA NA 15 NA NA 3
8/21/92 RV 65 NA NA 30 NA NA 5
2/9/92 62 NA NA 35 NA NA 3
4/22/91 51 NA NA 43 NA NA 6
4/5/91 54 NA NA 37 NA NA 9
3/15/91 57 NA NA 38 NA NA 5
*10/11/94 and previous: Gallup
**1/15/93 and previous: Would you support or oppose having U.S. forces
resume military action...?
5. (IF FAVOR, Q4) What if the United Nations opposes such action - in that case would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq? Q4/5 NET Favor Oppose No opinion
2/23/03 50 46 4
2/9/03 50 47 3
2/5/03 All 49 46 5
Watched Powell 55 41 4
Didn't watch 41 53 6
2/1/03 51 46 3
1/28/03 46 50 4
1/27/03 44 52 3
12/15/02* 37 58 5
*Wording: Would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action
against Iraq, even if the United Nations opposes such action?
6. (IF FAVOR, Q4) What if the United Nations opposes such action but some U.S. allies such as Great Britain, Australia and Italy support it - in that case would you favor or oppose having U.S. forces take military action against Iraq? Q4/6 NET Favor Oppose No opinion 2/23/03 57 40 3 2/9/03 57 40 3 7. What do you think is more important - for the United States to move quickly against Iraq, even if that means acting without the support of the United Nations Security Council; or for the United States to keep trying to win support from the United Nations Security Council, even if that means moving more slowly against Iraq? Move Gain No
quickly support opinion
2/23/03 39 56 5
COMPARE TO: What do you think is more important - for the United States to move quickly against Iraq, even if that means acting without international support; or for the United States to gain international support, even if that delays action against Iraq? Move Gain No
quickly support opinion
2/9/03 37 59 4
2/5/03 All 41 55 5
Watched Powell 48 49 3
Didn't watch 29 64 6
1/27/03 31 64 5
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