FDU PublicMind - November 1, 2006 Release

Tables

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	22%	8	16	46	24	20
Wrong track	69%	90	71	40	68	70
Don't know/Unsure	9%	3	13	14	8	10
*October 2006*	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
*September 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	7%	--	5	19	7	8
Good	19%	4	22	38	20	18
Only fair	24%	19	29	29	23	25
Poor	48%	76	43	14	50	47
Don't know/Unsure (vol)	1%	1	1	1	--	2
October 2006	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

Question: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?
		All	Iraq was a mistake	Iraq was right thing	US headed in right direction	US off on wrong track	Oct	Aug
	Approve	32%	10	77	83	11	34%	35%
	Disapprove	63%	86	17	15	84	59%	57%
	DK/mixed	5%	4	6	2	4	7%	7%

Question: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Oct	Aug ‘06	Jul ‘06	Jan ‘06	Sep ‘05	Jul ‘05	Apr ‘05	Jan ‘05	Oct ‘04
Very well	6%	2	3	13	8	9	11	15	13	13	14	8	8
Fairly well	21%	10	18	38	25	28	28	30	30	33	38	35	33
Not too well	30%	29	28	33	30	29	28	27	32	29	26	31	27
Not at all well	40%	58	46	12	34	29	30	21	26

All

Iraq was a mistake

US headed in right direction

US off on wrong track

Oct

Aug

DK/mixed