Question: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track?

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

26

8

20

51

31

21`

Wrong track

64

86

64

37

59

68

Don’t know/Unsure

11

5

16

12

10

11

August 2006

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

25%

11

11

50

28

22

Wrong track

65%

82

73

40

64

67

Don’t know/Unsure

10%

7

16

10

8

11

July 2006

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

24%

9

15

48

31

18

Wrong track

65%

83

75

38

59

71

Don’t know/Unsure

11%

8

11

14

10

12

March 2006

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

26%

10

23

49

33

20

Wrong track

62%

82

66

35

55

69

Don’t know/Unsure

12%

8

11

16

12

12

January 2006

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

31%

14

28

57

39

25

Wrong track

55%

77

51

29

52

58

Don’t know/Unsure

14%

10

21

14

9

17

Oct. 2005

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

28%

10

20

55

32

24

Wrong track

63%

85

70

32

59

67

Don’t know/Unsure

9%

5

10

13

10

9

Question: How would you rate the job George W. Bush is doing as President—excellent, good, only fair, or poor?

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

9%

1

7

19

10

7

Good

20%

5

24

39

25

16

Only fair

25%

16

33

33

26

24

Poor

45%

78

33

9

39

50

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

2%

1

3

--

1

2

August 2006

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

10%

3

3

21

9

10

Good

21%

9

12

42

22

20

Only fair

26%

24

37

24

29

23

Poor

43%

63

46

13

40

45

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

1

2

--

--

2

July 2006

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

7%

1

2

16

7

6

Good

22%

5

17

47

27

19

Only fair

27%

22

38

28

23

30

Poor

44%

71

42

9

43

44

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

1

1

--

--

1

March 2006

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

8%

2

6

18

10

6

Good

21%

6

19

42

25

18

Only fair

27%

23

36

27

25

30

Poor

43%

68

37

12

40

45

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

--

4

1

1

2

January 2006

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

10%

2

7

22

13

7

Good

24%

8

26

46

24

24

Only fair

27%

25

36

23

23

30

Poor

38%

64

29

7

39

38

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

1

2

1

1

2

Oct. 2005

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

10%

1

5

25

10

10

Good

24%

10

28

44

28

21

Only fair

25%

28

22

22

25

25

Poor

39%

60

42

7

37

41

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

2%

1

2

2

1

3

July 2005

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

11%

2

7

23

12

10

Good

27%

10

24

50

32

23

Only fair

27%

32

32

19

24

29

Poor

34%

56

36

7

30

38

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

1

2

1

2

--

April 2005

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

11%

--

8

25

12

10

Good

27%

12

22

48

29

26

Only fair

30%

37

32

21

27

32

Poor

29%

47

35

6

29

30

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

3%

4

3

1

3

3

Jan 2005

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

12%

2

5

28

14

11

Good

31%

12

36

52

31

31

Only fair

25%

34

26

13

22

27

Poor

31%

52

33

6

33

30

Don’t know/Unsure (vol)

1%

--

--

1

1

1

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?

All

Demo-
crats

Indepen-
dents

Republi-
cans

Men

Wom

Aug

July

Approve

34%

8

32

68

38

30

35%

36%

Disapprove

59%

88

54

25

55

62

57%

58%

DK/mixed

7%

4

14

7

6

7

7%

6%

Question: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Aug

‘06

Jul

‘06

Jan

‘06

Sep

‘05

Jul

‘05

Apr

‘05

Jan.

‘05

Oct

‘04

Jul

‘04

Apr

‘04

Very well

8%

3

10

15

9

11

15

13

13

14

8

8

17

17

Fairly well

25%

8

23

46

28

28

30

30

33

38

35

33

42

38

Not too well

30%

33

28

27

29

28

27

32

29

26

31

27

25

27

Not at all well

34%

52

35

10

29

30

21

26

25

22

26

28

13

12

Unsure

4%

4

4

2

4

3

7

--

--

--

--

3

4

6

Question: Considering everything, do you think the United States did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, or do you think it was a mistake?

Party

Gender

July

Jan

Sept

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep

Men

Women

2006

2006

2005

Right thing

33%

8

37

63

38

28

33%

35%

34%

Mistake

59%

86

55

29

55

63

59%

57%

62%

Don’t know (vol.)

8%

6

6

8

6

9

8%

8%

4%