FDU PublicMind - July 18, 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	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
July 2005	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.	Men	Women
Right direction	29%	11	19	53	32	26
Wrong track	58%	79	65	31	56	60
Don't know/Unsure	13%	10	16	17	12	14
April 2005	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.	Men	Women
Right direction	30%	13	21	54	33	28
Wrong track	55%	76	59	29	51	58
Don't know/Unsure	15%	12	20	17	17	14
January 2005	All	Dem.	Ind.	Rep.	Men	Women
Right direction	36%	15	28	65	42	31
Wrong track	50%	76	48	20	47	53
Don't know/Unsure	14%	10	24	16	11	17

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%	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?
[rotate]		All	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents	Republi- cans	Men	Wom
	Approve	36%	10	27	73	40	32
	Disapprove	58%	87	61	20	56	60
	DK/neutral/mixed/	6%	3	12	7	4	8

Question: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Jan ‘06	Sep ‘05	Jul ‘05	Apr ‘05	Jan. ‘05	Oct ‘04	Jul ‘04	Apr ‘04
Very well	11%	4	4	22	15	13	13	14	8	8	17	17
Fairly well	28%	14	28	48	30	30	33	38	35	33	42	38
Not too well	28%	29	40	22	27	32	29	26	31	27	25	27
Not at all well	30%	48	24	7	21	26	25	22	26	28	13	12
Unsure	3%	4	4	1	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		Jan	Sept
	All	Dem	Ind.	Rep	Men	Women	2006	2005
Right thing	33%	10	27	67	38	29	35%	34%
Mistake	59%	84	63	26	55	63	57%	62%
Don't know (vol.)	8%	6	8	7	7	8	8%	4%