FReeped.
NBC/Wall Street Journal poll
MSNBC reader responses (34131 respondents) * Percentages may not total to 100% for each question due to non-responses
The percentages in blue represent the results of the national poll, not including your response.
The poll was taken May 18, 2002 and had a 4.0 percent margin of error. 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? NBC/WSJ Approve 70% 75% Disapprove 30% 18%
2. Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing dealing with the war on terrorism? NBC/WSJ Approve 76% 75% Disapprove 24% 18%
3. Do you believe the attacks of September 11th represented a failure of the American intelligence and security systems or were beyond what was reasonable to expect the American intelligence and security systems to uncover? NBC/WSJ Failure of intelligence systems 54% 42% Beyond what is reasonable to expect 46% 50%
4. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the measures the Bush administration took based on the information they had prior to September 11th? NBC/WSJ Satisfied 59% 58% Dissatisfied 27% 31% Not sure 14% 11%
5. Do you think the Bush administration did as much as was reasonable or could have done more to prevent or warn about hijackings? NBC/WSJ Did as much as was reasonable 61% 53% Could have done more 32% 41% Not sure 8% 6%
6. In dealing with the investigation after September 11, do you feel that the Bush administration has been open and candid on this issue, or have they been withholding information that should have been made public? NBC/WSJ Open and candid 61% 54% Withholding information 39% 37%
7. Do you think that there should be a full-scale investigation into the handling of intelligence before September 11, or do you feel that this would be unproductive and too political? NBC/WSJ Should be an investigation 32% 36% Investigation would be unproductive and too political 68% 58%
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