Wash. Post/ABC News Poll: 59% support military action without U.N. approval; Bush job rating 62%

Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, March 5, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Washington Post - ABC News Poll: Iraq War

Tuesday, March 4, 2003

The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,022 randomly selected adults nationwide, and was conducted Feb. 26 - March 2, 2003. The margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public opinion poll. Interviewing was conducted by TNS Intersearch of Horsham, Pa.

*= less than 0.5 percent

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

             ---------Approve---------   --------Disapprove-------    No 
             NET   Strongly   Somewhat   NET   Strongly   Somewhat   opin.
3/3/03       62       38         23      35       22         13        4
2/23/03      60       na         na      34       na         na        6

2. The Bush administration says it will move soon to disarm Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, by war if necessary, working with countries that are willing to assist, even without the support of the United Nations. Overall, do you support or oppose this policy?

        Support			        59%
	Oppose				37
	No opinion		 	 4

[goodolemr]

This is really good news. America isn't buying the stuff those anti-war people are selling! :-)

[tm22721]

Good use of duct tape.

LOL.

BUMP

[I Am Not A Mod]

This has been added to the Free Republic Highlights, 3/05/03 thread.

[Michael Sidiropoulos]

I'm sure the capture has boosted his numbers already.

[MeekOneGOP]

bumpity bumpity !

[Indy Pendance]

And part of that fourth estate just got busted.....haha

CBS Now Admits It Faked Parts Of Dan Rather / Saddam Interview!

[eureka!]

Nice. I think that the "somewhat" category is confusing. Oh well, nice try presstitutes...

[discostu]

Excuse me while I snicker behind the backs of my bleeding hear liberal co-workers who continue to insist that America doesn't back this war.

[Sloth]

The Fourth Estate is also the Fifth Column.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[deport]

A more detailed look at the Iraq question......
data from pollingreport.com

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Feb. 26-March 2, 2003. N=1,022 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (total sample). Fieldwork by TNS Intersearch.
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"The Bush Administration says it will move soon to disarm Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, by war if necessary, working with countries that are willing to assist, even without the support of the United Nations. Overall, do you support or oppose this policy?"
		Support	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	ALL	59	37	4
	Republicans	86	12	2
	Democrats	37	61	2
	Independents	55	40	5
	Men	67	31	2
	Women	51	44	5
	18-34 years	60	37	3
	35-44	67	30	3
	45-64	56	39	5
	65 & older	49	44	7
	Whites	63	32	5
	Nonwhites	35	62	3

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Precisely -- even in the face of an unrelenting media smear campaign.

Hi JH2. Yep.......the media and Hollywood tactics are becoming about as relevant as the UN. Does my heart well.

[dead]

Can’t we all just get along?

[dirtboy]

2. The Bush administration says it will move soon to disarm Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, by war if necessary, working with countries that are willing to assist, even without the support of the United Nations. Overall, do you support or oppose this policy?

Now, mention that giving more time for inspection may make the United States miss the meteorological window for this operation, and I bet these numbers would go even higher.

[1Old Pro]

60% is a Hugh number given the biased news who show only the anti-war protestors and not the Pro-Bush rallies. let's remember, there was 15% of the country who didn't want to attack Japan after Pearl Harbor. I'd say 60 % is about as high a number as anyone could get and signals SUPPORT for Bush and SUPPORT for taking on Iraq.

[blackie]

Bump for GWB!

Let's Roll!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

BTTT for the TRUTH!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

62%! I feel so bad for the liberals… they really work hard at it, LOL.