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Question: OK, thinking about the world and a number of recent natural disasters, at this point in the year, have you personally donated money in response to any of those natural disasters or have you not yet had the chance?
  All Male Female  
  Yes, donated money 72% 69 75  
  Not yet had the chance 27% 31 23  
  Don't know/ref. (vol)   1%   1   1  

Question: Some people say they …, while others say they … . Which comes closer to your situation? [ROTATE]
  All Conservative Moderate Liberal
  have donated about all they can at this point 55% 55 48 64
  can donate more and will do it soon 27% 24 34 26
  Not sure/neither   [VOL] 19% 20 19 10

Question: By the way, can you recall some of the natural disasters that happened in the past year? [OPEN-ENDED, PRE-CODED, RECORD MULTIPLE ANSWERS
  All Conservative Moderate Liberal
  Pacific Tsunami 56% 54 48 65
  Pakistani Earthquake 32% 28 31 41
  Niger famine or African famine   2%   1 --   4
  Central American floods/mudslides   9% 11   6   9
  Hurricane Katrina 88% 89 78 89
  Hurricane Rita 37% 41 44 39
  Other/Florida Hurricanes 33% 35 36 31
  Don't know/ref. (vol)  4%   4   8   2

Question: And overall, how would you rate the response of the US government to natural disasters in the past year in terms of how our government helped out…?
  All Conservative Moderate Liberal
  Excellent    9%
17
6
5
  Good 26%
36
19
11
  Only fair 30%
27
33
35
  Poor 31%
18
35
48
  Don't know/ref. (vol)   3%
3
6
1

 

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