A link to President Bush's speech
Posted on 06/28/2005 9:34:00 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of Americans who watched President Bush's Iraq speech Tuesday night showed that 46 percent had a "very positive" reaction to what they heard.
The poll was taken immediately after the speech, and the 323 adults interviewed were 50 percent Republican, 23 percent Democratic and 27 percent independent. The margin of error was plus or minus 6 percentage points.
Another 28 percent said they were "somewhat positive" about what they heard, and 26 percent said they had a "negative" reaction.
"It's difficult to tell from these poll results how the speech will affect general U.S. public," said CNN polling director Keating Holland.
"Many Americans did not watch the speech. Those who did were 2-to-1 Republican, so most were arguably already in the president's camp."
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Respondents in Tuesday night's poll also were asked three follow-up questions to ones put to them June 24-27.
Bush picked up some apparent support on the question of who is winning the war -- the U.S.-led coalition or the insurgents. Before the speech, 44 percent saw the United States winning; afterward that increased to 54 percent.
The president likewise picked up some support on the question of whether he has a clear plan in Iraq -- going from a 56 percent positive response before the speech to 63 percent afterward.
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He'd better not walk around in the rain, without an umbrella; he might drown.
lol!
Idiots. Like we watch CNN.
That's some amazing numbers for cnn/gallup. I'm shocked! It really was a heartfelt speech.
74% NEGATIVE online CNN poll. Hopefully this online poll nonsense will retire into the dustbin of Internet history.
This tells me that the "anti-war" morons on the Left really don't care about Iraq. They are just out to bash America, President Bush and the U.S. military.
LOL! He's admitting that most people do not watch CNN.
LOL! And he's right.
Sounds like the good ol' USA!
Dear CNN,
How many are "Many Americans" who did NOT watch the speech? Does your poll quantify that? How do you know that those who did were 2-1 Republican?
How many watch CNN anymore?
Sounds like a good poll to me reflecting the true breakdown of America which is 50% Republican. Furthermore, a 6% MOE is very not all that bad and likely means that 80% had a positive response to the President.
The president likewise picked up some support on the question of whether he has a clear plan in Iraq -- going from a 56 percent positive response before the speech to 63 percent afterward.
Bush was adamant that it would be wrong to set a timetable for withdrawing troops in Iraq, and a majority of poll respondents seemed to agree.
More good news!
Gee .. sounds like CNN didn't like how that poll turned out :P
Don't ya love a nation that is learning to discern "Truth" and "Reality" by looking at poll results?
My bet is the 27% independent were mostly of the 'rat party...
Could I see a show of hands for anyone who believes these 27 percent independents are really independents and not actually democrats trying to slew the polls? How many true "independents" do you know?
You beat me to it by about 45 seconds. :)
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