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

22

50

30

23

Wrong track

66%

85

71

42

62

69

Don't know/Unsure

  9%

  8

 8

 8

  8

  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

October 2004

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Right direction

37%

12

29

73

42

34

Wrong track

52%

76

56

20

48

55

Don't know/Unsure

11%

12

14

  7

10

11

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

11%

  1

9

24

11

11

Good

22%

  7

19

41

23

21

Only fair

24%

24

25

23

23

24

Poor

42%

67

45

12

42

42

Don't know/Unsure (vol)

  1%

  1

  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

Oct. 2004

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

15%

 2

 9

33

16

14

Good

26%

13

23

45

27

26

Only fair

24%

29

34

14

22

25

Poor

32%

53

31

  7

32

32

Don't know/Unsure (vol)

  3%

  3

  4

  1

  3

  3

July ‘04

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Excellent

16%

 2

 9

34

19

13

Good

26%

11

21

43

25

27

Only fair

27%

33

39

18

26

28

Poor

29%

52

24

 4

27

30

Don't know/Unsure (vol)

  2%

  1

 7

 1

 3

 2

Question: Now turning to recent events, how closely have you followed news about hurricane Katrina and its aftermath…?

All

Men

Women

Very closely

70%

68

73

Somewhat closely

26%

28

25

Just a little

  3%

  4

  3

Not at all

--

  --

  1

Question HS2: How confident are you that the federal government could respond quickly and effectively to a large scale disaster here in New Jersey...?

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Very confident

17%

  8

15

30

19

15

Somewhat confident

38%

31

33

47

40

36

Not very confident

25%

33

31

14

23

27

Not at all confident

17%

25

18

  8

14

19

Don't know (vol.)

  3%

  3

  3

  3

  4

  3

Question HS3: How confident are you that New Jersey's state government could respond quickly and effectively to a large scale disaster here in this state…?

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

Very confident

15%

11

13

19

15

15

Somewhat confident

41%

45

39

37

39

43

Not very confident

25%

23

29

26

26

24

Not at all confident

14%

14

16

15

15

13

Don't know/Unsure (vol.)

  6%

  7

  3

  4

  6

  5

Question: Have you or members of your family made any emergency plans, such as stocking up on food and water or mapping an escape route, in case a terrorist attack were to take place in your area?

All

Men

Women

Aug

04

Apr

04

Jan

04

Oct

03

Apr

03

Yes

39%

40

37

22

23

25

33

33

No

61%

60

63

78

77

75

67

67

Question: Do you expect that in the coming year the effects of Hurricane Katrina will hurt your household financially or not?

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep.

Men

Women

If yes ask:

Yes

68%

68

70

68

63

72

 A lot or

51%

No

29%

28

28

30

33

25

A little?

46%

Don't know (vol)

  3%

  4

  2

  2

  4

  3

Don't know (vol)

 4%

Question:. How worried are you that the price of gasoline and heating fuel will continue to be high?

All

Employment

Men

Women

Full-
time

Part-
time

Retired

Not em-
ployed

Very worried

60%

59

66

55

70

58

61

Somewhat worried

27%

27

25

31

21

28

27

Just a little

  7%

  8

  5

  7

  7

  8

  6

Not at all

  6%

  6

  5

  7

  2

  6

  5

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

All

Dem

Ind

Rep

Very well

13%

  5

13

22

13%

14

 8

 8

17

17

Fairly well

30%

17

28

46

33%

38

35

33

42

38

Not too well

32%

40

32

22

29%

26

31

27

25

27

Not at all well

26%

38

27

10

25%

22

26

28

13

12

Unsure

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

 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

All

Dem

Ind.

Rep

Men

Women

Right thing

34%

11

26

67

37

32

Mistake

62%

88

68

28

60

63

Don't know (vol.)

  4%

  2

  7

  5

  4

  5