Posted on 12/11/2005 1:20:46 PM PST by SandRat
BAGHDAD, Dec. 11, 2005 – Almost 90 percent of Iraqis want to vote in Dec. 15 national elections, according to an Iraqi poll. A total of 89 percent of respondents to the poll indicated they want to vote in the election of a permanent democratic government.
The intent to vote is strong across ethnic and religious lines. The Kurds have the highest percentage, with 95 percent telling pollsters that they want to vote. Sunni Arabs have the lowest percentage, but that is still pegged at 87 percent. A total of 91 percent of Shiite Arabs, the largest religious group in the country, said they will vote.
The results are part of an Iraqi poll to gauge trends in the nation. Interviews for the poll were conducted in November. Pollsters say there is a 2 percent margin of error in the results. The voting turnout will probably be lower, officials said.
The poll did show a disconnect among religious and ethnic groups and confidence in the future. Eighty-four percent of Shiite Arabs and 86 percent of Kurds are confident the government will improve in the future. But only 34 percent of Sunni Arabs surveyed believe the government will improve conditions.
The poll indicated Iraqis believe security and crime to be the top issue in the country today. Unemployment is the second most pressing issue Iraqis cite. Improving electrical availability dropped a place after being ranked second in the last poll. Officials said cooler weather in October probably moved it down on the list of pressing issues. Farther down on the list of concerns are improving food distribution and the presence of coalition forces. Iraqis are also worried about the availability of clean water, and sewage and trash disposal.
The poll indicates high confidence in Iraqi security forces. Seventy percent of those surveyed believe Iraqi security forces, army and police, are winning the war against terrorists in Iraq. The vast majority of those surveyed also believe the Iraqi army and police will be more capable next year.
More than 90 percent of those surveyed believe there is no valid reason for anyone to attack Iraqi forces. The Iraqi view of coalition forces is more complex. A total of 77 percent of those surveyed oppose the presence of coalition forces in Iraq, and almost half said they believe there is a rationale for attacks on coalition forces, with 40 percent saying there is no excuse for such attacks.
We're doing great to get 6 in 10 here, WOW!!! The Iraqi's have the idea of how this all works.
This is great news. All should wish the Iraqui people well.
Why does the lamestream media insist on calling the terrorists "insurgents"? The large majority of them aren't of Iraqui origin and the few who are tend to be motivated as much by financial gain as anything else?
Most likely, they'll continue to keep the dems focused on the 77% that want coalition forces out and over half that believe attacks are justified. It's the media that drives the dems, not vice versa.
I'm surprised Howard Dean isn't covering the election for CBS...
And, that's only if it isn't raining.
But how can that be??? We're failing miserably over there remember, just ask any of the dementacrats!!! /sarcasm
And let's not forget the CENTCOM statement that was quickly dropped, ignored, and buried by the MSM.
Large numbers of the captees from the Sunni triangle are found to have opiates in their systems.
Not to mention that other one-time, one-shot story: younger Iraqi inductees into the "insurgency" are "abused" (ahem) by the older "foreign fighters."
Because by calling them "insurgents" the lamestream media are able to imply (and quite wrongly so) that it is the Iraqi people want us out of their country and we are the source of all the unrest there.
"We're doing great to get 6 in 10 here, WOW!!! The Iraqi's have the idea of how this all works."
IIRC last election was the first time since 1968 we had that many vote here!
Wow! A great day for Iraq and America, and a terrible day for many Democrats and the MSM. Looks like another 403-3 vote coming up.
Freedom is contagious ~ Bump!
The (surviving) inhabitants of Third World countries have a finely-developed instinct about whose arse to kiss, in this case the pollsters'. I would have more faith this poll meant something if it reported, say, 65% likely voters.
Yeah, and so does most of the world, including Americans. But did they ask when the coalition forces should leave? A large percentage would probably say when Iraqi forces can protect them.
They don't want to be an occupied country - and who can blame them? They hear the US MSM say that we are there just to get their oil. I don't blame them for having doubts.
This must include the 80% that want Americans out immediately and the 45% that say it is OK to kill Americans. /s
Quagmire bump.
The intent to vote is strong across ethnic and religious lines. The Kurds have the highest percentage, with 95 percent telling pollsters that they want to vote. Sunni Arabs have the lowest percentage, but that is still pegged at 87 percent. A total of 91 percent of Shiite Arabs, the largest religious group in the country, said they will vote.
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