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Untruths: 64% Think Saddam Had
Strong Links to al-Qaeda and 50% think Iraq had WMD
Harris Poll #57 July 21, 2006 Most people do not think that U.S. troops will be out of Iraq in the next two years Despite being widely reported in the media that the U.S. and other countries have not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, surprisingly; more U.S. adults (50%) think that Iraq had such weapons when the U.S. invaded Iraq. This is an increase from 36 percent in February 2005. Overall, attitudes toward the war in Iraq are negative, and less than half of the U.S. population believes that the threat of terrorism has been reduced. U.S. adults are not confident that Iraq's government will eventually become stable, and many think the war in Iraq is continuing to hurt respect for the U.S. around the world. Most people do not think that U.S. troops will be out of Iraq in the next two years. These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 1,020 U.S. adults (ages 18 and over) surveyed by telephone by Harris Interactive® between July 5 and 11, 2006. Specifically, the survey finds:
Attitudes toward the Iraq war The public's views on Iraq have not changed substantially in the past year:
What the public believes to be true U.S. adults believe that the following are true about the war in Iraq:
TABLE 1 CONFIDENCE IN IRAQ TO DEVELOP STABLE AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT "Are you confident that Iraq will be successful in developing a stable and reasonably democratic government?" Base: All Adults
Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100 percent due to rounding. TABLE 2 IRAQ INVASION MADE UNITED STATES MORE OR LESS RESPECTED ABROAD "Do you think the invasion of Iraq, and recent events in Iraq, have made the United States much more respected, somewhat more respected, somewhat less respected, or much less respected around the world?" Base: All Adults
Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100 percent due to rounding. TABLE 3 STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAQ "Please say whether you agree or disagree with the following statements?" Base: All Adults
TABLE 4A WHAT PUBLIC BELIEVES TO BE TRUE "Do you believe that the following statements are true or not true?" Total saying "true" Base: All Adults
TABLE 4B WHAT THE PUBLIC BELIEVES TO BE TRUE AND NOT TRUE - 2006 "Do you believe that the following statements are true or not true?" Base: All Adults
Methodology This Harris Poll® was conducted by telephone within the United States between July 5 and 11, 2006 among 1,020 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region, number of adults in the household, number of phone lines in the household were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. All surveys are subject to several sources of error. These include: sampling error (because only a sample of a population is interviewed); measurement error due to question wording and/or question order, deliberately or unintentionally inaccurate responses, nonresponse (including refusals), interviewer effects (when live interviewers are used) and weighting. With one exception (sampling error) the magnitude of the errors that result cannot be estimated. There is, therefore, no way to calculate a finite "margin of error" for any survey and the use of these words should be avoided. With pure probability samples, with 100 percent response rates, it is possible to calculate the probability that the sampling error (but not other sources of error) is not greater than some number. With a pure probability sample of 1,016 adults one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points. However that does not take other sources of error into account. These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. J28335 Q460, Q484, Q485, Q487 |
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