CNN: Poll Appears to Reflect Partisan Viewing [74% Choose Positive Response]

CNN ^ | Wednesday, June 29, 2005

[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.

[McGavin999]

Of course the president has a clear goal. That goal hasn't changed since we went in. We're closer to that goal, but we not there yet and it's amazing to me that the dems keep saying "he's not saying anything new". Well DUH!

When you're on a 5 mile walk and people ask you at the two mile mark if you're there yet, you can only answer no, it's a 5 mile walk. When they ask you again at the 3 mile mark, the answer is the same, and when they ask you again at the 3.5 mile mark, the answer is still the same. The answer is going to remain the same until you reach the goal.

[Unicorn]

Did you expect anything else from CNN?