Posted on 06/21/2002 3:29:47 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
LAND OF FEAR: AMERICANS SEE FOURTH OF JULY TERROR LIKELY
Fri Jun 21 2002 18:13:17 ET
Half of Americans (57%) surveyed by TIME magazine and CNN believe a terrorist attack on the 4th of July is very or somewhat likely (13% and 44% respectively; 11% say "not at all likely," 27% say "not very likely"). Americans think that overall, the U.S. has risk of a terrorist attack is "high" (39%) or "significant" (29%).
Americans favor Tom Ridge over Rudy Giuliani to head a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The current director of the office of Homeland Security gets 39% support, while New York City's former mayor gets 35%. (Nine percent say "neither," 17% are "not sure".)
Two-in-three (69%) want Congress to create the new cabinet-level department (23% do not). Americans believe the new department would make the U.S. more secure from future terrorist attacks (71% yes, 24%); make them more secure personally (58% yes, 37% no).
But many fear a new Department of Homeland Security would cost too much (57% yes, 35% no) and create too much bureaucracy (52% yes, 39% no).
Other poll results include:
MIDDLE EAST:
Ž Two-thirds (66%) say Bush should offer his own peace plan (27% say no). Ž Israel's decision to send in troops to re-occupy Palestinian territory
makes it more difficult to achieve peace, according to 60% (28% said it would not be more difficult).
Ž Americans are split on whether or not a Palestinian state should be created (40% favor, 35% oppose, 25% not sure).
Ž They also are split on whether a Palestinian state would make peace more difficult to achieve (40% say yes, 44% say no).
Ž Equal percentages of Americans consider themselves supporters of Israel (44%) and not supporters; 14% are unsure.
Ž More say the U.S. provides Israel with the "right amount" of support (45%) than too much (35%).
U.S. POLITICS:
Ž Bush's job approval rating is at 70% (down from a one-year high of 89% Oct. 12).
Ž Important midterm election issues will be domestic, say 54% (30% chose foreign policy).
WORLD CUP SOCCER:
Ž 3 in 4 Americans are not following the event (72%) v. 26 percent who are following soccer.
Poll Results will appear in the upcoming issue of TIME, on newsstands Monday, June 24. The TIME/CNN survey was conducted by Harris Interactive by telephone among 1,003 adult Americans June 19-20, 2002. The margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 3.1%.
Good news!
Good news!
I don't know what's so good about it. We'll get it anyway, whether it costs too much and/or creates a massive new bureaucracy or not. Both of which it will. We'll also get it wether or not it erodes the protections of the Constitution, which it also will.
Do you think my boss will accept this as a valid reason to call off of work that day?
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