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PCPO Poll: 40.5% support Abu Mazen, 19.6% comply w/Tanzim disarmament, 23.9% serious reformation of PA PCPO Poll of Palestinians: 40.5% support Abu Mazen, 19.6% comply w/Tanzim disarmament, 23.9% serious reformation of PA PCPO Poll no. 111. Date: 23, April 2003 A poll carried out by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) and Prepared by President Dr. Nabil Kukali. (55.3%) Support to varying degrees the President Arafat (40.5%) Support, to varying degrees Mahmoud Abbas "Abu Mazen" as a Palestinian Prime Minister. Majd Kokaly-Information Department: A poll recently conducted by the PCPO and prepared by Dr.Nabil Kukali included a random sample...

GULF WAR II: Poll shows the British public are steeled for a long fight THE British public overwhelmingly back the war—despite fears that it could take months, not days, to depose Saddam Hussein. A massive 84 per cent believe Britain and America should see the war through to a successful conclusion—a rise of two per cent in a week. Just 11 per cent think the coalition should now stop fighting and pull out. The figures are revealed in a News of the World ICM poll taken last night, well after US commanders confirmed the war will take months to complete....

WASHINGTON - More than half the Americans think the United States underestimated how much resistance the Iraqi army would put up against a U.S. invasion, and even more expect this country to face a significant number of casualties in a war that could last months, new polls say. Public support for the war remains strong. At least seven in 10 back the effort now that U.S. troops are fighting in Iraq. More than half, 55 percent, say the United States underestimated Iraqi resistance to invasion, according to a CBS News poll. Two-thirds in that poll said they think the war...

Monday, March 17, 2003 Kuwaiti Poll: 89.6 % support war, 76.9 % oppose bin Laden Survey on Kuwaiti Public Opinion Monday, March 17, 2003 The results of a Kuwaiti public opinion survey, conducted by two Kuwaiti researchers, Dr. Nasser Shahab Al-Mowaizri (Media Psychology) and Dr. Saad Mohammed Al-Rashidi (College of Basic Education), were published in the Kuwaiti al-Qabas daily newspaper today, March 17, 2003. The survey examines Kuwaiti opinion on various pressing issues in the country and region today. The AUK Media and Dialogue Center would like to share these findings with you, translated into English. Sample: 616 Kuwaiti nationals,...

Americans have grown a bit more concerned over the past year about the seriousness of the nation's energy situation, and are more likely to predict the country will face a significant energy shortage within 5 years. According to Gallup's annual Environmental Issues survey, updated March 3-5, a higher percentage of Americans today rate the nation's energy situation as "very serious" than did so last March, but this is still well below the level recorded at the height of the 2001 California energy crisis. Gallup finds no change in Americans' policy preferences on energy matters; these tend to favor the positions...

<p>Most Americans would prefer that celebrities stick with the artsy stuff and keep politics out of their repertoire.</p> <p>A Fox News poll released Friday found that 24 percent of Americans are interested in hearing what actors and musicians have to say about national affairs.</p>

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll finds that overall public support for military action against Iraq has faded slightly from the recent high point registered shortly after Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the U.N. Security Council on Feb. 5, but remains in solid majority territory at 59%. However, Americans continue to want international cooperation for such action. Support for war without a new U.N. vote authorizing it is only 30%, down 9 points from a poll conducted Feb. 7-9. The poll also shows that Americans opposed to a war with Iraq are more intense in their beliefs...

February 19, 2003 Contact: (212-481-1500) By 7 to 1, Americans Oppose U.S. Aid to Palestinian Arabs New National Poll: By Margin Of 71% To 13%, Americans Oppose Creating A Palestinian Arab State NEW YORK - By a margin of 71% to 13%, Americans oppose the creation of a Palestinian Arab state, according to a new national poll of 1,000 Americans by the respected polling firm of John McLaughlin and Associates. By a margin of five and a half to one, Americans oppose creating a Palestinian Arab state; by a margin of six and a half to one, Americans oppose U.S....

PARIS (Reuters) - Three French people in four dislike U.S. President George Bush but most of them still like Americans in general, despite a transatlantic feud over Iraq, according to an opinion poll. Seventy-six percent of people polled by the BVA agency for Paris Match magazine they had a negative opinion of Bush, who is at loggerheads with French President Jacques Chirac over U.S. pressure for a war to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. But 54 percent said they had a good opinion of Americans in general, compared to 35 percent who felt the opposite. Despite an outbreak of transatlantic...

Americans' Opinions of France Drop to New Low Germany and North Korea also rated more unfavorablyby Frank Newport GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans have a sharply more unfavorable image of France than they have had at any point over the past decade. Favorable opinions of the country have dropped 20 points in the last year, while unfavorable opinions have risen by 17 points. Americans' attitudes toward Germany, which, like France, has balked at approving the U.S. position on the necessity of military action against Iraq, have also become substantially more negative since last year. The image of North...

The Associated PressMonday, February 3, 2003 ©2003 Associated Press URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/02/03/national1811EST0783.DTL (02-03) 15:11 PST (AP) -- Asked whom they trust more on Iraq policy, more people said they were more likely to trust Secretary of State Colin Powell, 63 percent, than the 24 percent who said they were more likely to trust President Bush, a new poll says. Almost six in 10, 56 percent, said they have a great deal of trust in Powell, while four in 10, 39 percent, said they have a great deal of trust in the president, according to the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll released Monday. Powell...

Two Iranian pollsters who outraged hard-liners with a survey that found strong public support for contacts with the United States have been sentenced to prison on charges of selling secrets to groups linked to the CIA, lawyers said Monday. Hossein Ali Qazian was sentenced to nine years in prison and Abbas Abdi, a senior Iranian reformist, was given an eight-year jail term.Prosecutors accused the two of holding secret talks and providing information to institutes and individuals affiliated with American, British and Israeli intelligence services including, prosecutors said, the Gallup Organization.Qazian and Abdi and a third pollster charged with them denied...

Reported on CNN's Inside Politics, that a new Gallup (not including CNN or USA Today) poll put Bush's approval ratings at 61% while 34% disapprove. Judy Woodruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff was not too pleased saying this.

Charleston Daily Mail Poll shows Capitoout in front Incumbent has big leadbut many voters undecided Karin Fischer <kfischer@dailymail.com> Daily Mail Washington bureau Monday October 28, 2002; 10:30 AM WASHINGTON -- Incumbent Republican Shelley Moore Capito has opened a wide lead over Democratic challenger Jim Humphreys in the race for the 2nd Congressional District seat, with a significant number of voters still undecided, according to a new West Virginia Poll.Fifty-three percent of 2nd district voters surveyed said they likely would vote for Capito, according to the survey, which was released today. Thirty-two percent of those surveyed said they likely would...

Bush's Approval Rating (61%), Handling War On Terror (68%) Still High /PRNewswire/ --62 Percent Of Americans Would Support Military Action Against Iraq, But Say President Needs Congressional, International Support First 66 Percent Say It's Somewhat To Very Likely That Another Terror Attack In The U.S. Will Happen Before The End Of The Year, But Most Say They Feel Safe NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly a year after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., the majority of Americans (61%) still approve of the way President George W. Bush is handling his job, according to the...

"Cast your Best of Ithaca ballot on-line! Be sure to include your name and address, and if you're one of the lucky 10 people chosen at random you'll win a gift certificate for dinner-for-2 at an Ithaca restaurant. Only one entry per person, and any attempts at ballot stuffing will be disqualified. Entries must be received by Friday, August 30."Okay, Freepers, last year we were able to FREEP this poll so that Cornell's only conservative professor (and Ann Coulter's mentor), Jeremy Rabkin, was voted best professor (funny how that catagory is gone this year...heh).We were also able to flood the...

By a margin of 2 to 1, Americans blame ex-president Clinton over President Bush for failing to stop last September's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics survey reveals. As hearings into 9-11's intelligence failures were getting underway last week on Capitol Hill, 900 registered voters were asked, "Who do you think deserves the most blame for the failure of the United States to prevent the September 11 terrorist attacks?" The results were shared exclusively with NewsMax.com. Just 6 percent answered President Bush. But twice that number, 12 percent, blamed his predecessor Bill...

<p>Gov. Pataki received great news at the start of the state Republican convention yesterday: a new poll giving him his highest job-approval rating ever.</p> <p>The Marist College survey showed Pataki with a record-high 72 percent statewide approval rating - up from 64 percent last month.</p>

Support for president remains high NBC/WSJ poll shows division on Bush actions before attacks NBC NEWS May 19 — Eight months after the war on terror began, Americans still overwhelmingly support the president. However, when it comes to the actions President Bush could have taken to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks, the public is more divided. Below are the results of the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, in which 602 people were questioned. The poll, conducted May 18, has a margin of error of 4.0 percentage points. 1. In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush...

After Le Pen's shock triumph, it's like 1968 again, but this time the Left is in tatters From the pavements in Paris, the anti-fascist New Revolution looks set for victory as it reawakens the national conscience. The slogans are sharper than May 1968 and the young multi-ethnic marchers, sometimes accompanied by the parents who took part in the long-ago student revolt, are more politically and historically aware than their elders. Plotting behind the walls of his mansion in the leafy Paris suburb of St Cloud, Jean-Marie Le Pen should be trembling at the muffled sound of thousands of trainers gathering...