 Published:
Dec. 29, 2006
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Iraq, Afghanistan and President Bush
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1) Are you on active duty?
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NOTE: Only active-duty responses were counted in remaining results.
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| Yes |
100% |
| No |
0% |
2) Service branch: |
| Army |
46% |
| Navy |
21% |
| Air Force |
23% |
| Marine Corps. |
9% |
| Coast Guard |
1% |
| No response |
0% |
3) How many times have you deployed to Iraq?
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| Once |
32% |
| Twice |
12% |
| Three times |
3% |
| More than three times |
3% |
| Never/no response |
50% |
4) How many times have you deployed to Afghanistan? |
| Once |
12% |
| Twice |
1% |
| Three times |
0% |
| More than three times |
0% |
| Never/no response |
85% |
5) In total, I have deployed in support of the war in Afghanistan and/or Iraq for:
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| Less than 2 months |
3% |
| 3-6 months |
17% |
| 7-12 months |
25% |
| 13-18 months |
11% |
| 19 or more months |
9% |
| Haven't deployed/no response |
34% |
6) Should the U.S. have gone to war in Iraq?
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| Yes |
41% |
| No |
37% |
| No opinion/no answer |
9% |
| Decline to answer/no answer |
11% |
7) Regardless of whether you think the U.S. should have gone to war, how likely is the U.S. to succeed?
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| Very likely to succeed |
13% |
| Somewhat likely to succeed |
37% |
| Not very likely to succeed |
31% |
| Not at all likely to succeed |
10% |
| No opinion/no answer |
8% |
8) How soon do you think the Iraqi military will be ready to replace large numbers of American troops? |
| Less than a year |
2% |
| 1-2 years |
20% |
| 3-5 years |
36% |
| 5-10 years |
22% |
| More than 10 years |
12% |
| No opinion/no answer |
7% |
9) How long do you think the U.S. will need to stay in Iraq to reach its goals?
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| Less than a year |
2% |
| 1-2 years |
8% |
| 3-5 years |
26% |
| 5-10 years |
31% |
| More than 10 years |
23% |
| No opinion/no answer |
8% |
10) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the situation with Iraq?
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| Approve |
35% |
| Disapprove |
42% |
| No opinion |
10% |
| Decline to answer |
12% |
11) Do you approve
or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as
president? |
| Approve |
52% |
| Disapprove |
31% |
| No opinion |
6% |
| Decline to answer |
10% |
12)
Do you consider the war in Iraq to be part of the war on
terrorism that began Sept. 11, 2001, or do you consider
it to be an entirely separate military action? |
| Part of the war on terrorism |
47% |
| Separate military action |
47% |
| No opinion |
5% |
13)
We currently have 145,000 troops in Iraq and Kuwait. How many
troops do you think we should have there? |
| Zero |
13% |
| 0-50,000 |
7% |
| 50,000-144,000 |
6% |
| 145,000 |
13% |
| 146,000-200,000 |
22% |
| 200,000+ |
16% |
| No opinion/Don't know |
23% |
14)
We currently have 18,000 troops in Afghanistan. How many troops
do you think we should have there? |
| Zero |
8% |
| 0-10,000 |
7% |
| 10,000-17,000 |
4% |
| 18,000 |
15% |
| 19,000-50,000 |
27% |
| 50,000+ |
12% |
| No opinion/Don't know |
26% |
