| 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?
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|
July
‘04
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
direction
|
36%
|
14
|
31
|
64
|
40
|
34
|
|
Wrong
track
|
51%
|
77
|
49
|
23
|
49
|
53
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
12%
|
9
|
20
|
13
|
11
|
13
|
|
April ’04
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
direction
|
38%
|
13
|
35
|
65
|
43
|
33
|
|
Wrong
track
|
48%
|
73
|
52
|
21
|
46
|
50
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
14%
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
11
|
17
|
|
January
‘04
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
direction
|
47%
|
25
|
47
|
75
|
54
|
41
|
|
Wrong
track
|
38%
|
56
|
37
|
16
|
33
|
42
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
15%
|
19
|
16
|
10
|
14
|
17
|
|
Sept
‘03
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
direction
|
36%
|
20
|
30
|
61
|
43
|
31
|
|
Wrong
track
|
52%
|
72
|
52
|
25
|
45
|
58
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
12%
|
9
|
18
|
14
|
12
|
12
|
|
Last April
‘03
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
direction
|
55%
|
35
|
51
|
77
|
60
|
50
|
|
Wrong
track
|
32%
|
49
|
34
|
14
|
30
|
34
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
13%
|
17
|
15
|
9
|
10
|
17
|
|
Question:
How would you rate the job George W. Bush is doing as President—excellent,
good, only fair, or poor?
|
|
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
|
2%
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
April
‘04
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Excellent
|
15%
|
1
|
10
|
31
|
19
|
12
|
|
Good
|
28%
|
11
|
27
|
44
|
27
|
28
|
|
Only fair
|
27%
|
35
|
36
|
17
|
26
|
29
|
|
Poor
|
29%
|
50
|
25
|
7
|
28
|
30
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
1%
|
1
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
|
January
‘04
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Excellent
|
17%
|
4
|
11
|
36
|
23
|
12
|
|
Good
|
34%
|
17
|
44
|
53
|
33
|
36
|
|
Only fair
|
28%
|
45
|
29
|
7
|
24
|
32
|
|
Poor
|
19%
|
33
|
13
|
4
|
19
|
19
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
2%
|
2
|
4
|
--
|
2
|
2
|
|
Sept ‘03
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Excellent
|
16%
|
3
|
7
|
36
|
22
|
11
|
|
Good
|
28%
|
18
|
35
|
40
|
29
|
28
|
|
Only fair
|
29%
|
36
|
41
|
17
|
24
|
33
|
|
Poor
|
26%
|
43
|
16
|
6
|
24
|
27
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
1%
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
Last April
‘03
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Excellent
|
28%
|
6
|
23
|
52
|
32
|
24
|
|
Good
|
34%
|
32
|
36
|
37
|
33
|
35
|
|
Only fair
|
21%
|
33
|
21
|
9
|
20
|
23
|
|
Poor
|
16%
|
28
|
15
|
2
|
14
|
17
|
|
Don’t
know/Unsure
|
1%
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Question: Later this year, there will be an
election for President of the United
States. If the election were
held today do you think you would vote for …. or …. [ROTATE] ? If “unsure,”
or “don’t know” ask “which way do you lean?”
|
|
July
’04/Base=834
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
George
Bush, the Republican Candidate
|
41%
|
9
|
30
|
81
|
46
|
36
|
|
lean Bush
|
2%
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
|
John Kerry,
the Democratic candidate
|
42%
|
77
|
32
|
6
|
38
|
44
|
|
lean Kerry
|
3%
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
Nader
or Other (vol.)
|
2%
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
10%
|
8
|
24
|
6
|
9
|
11
|
|
April
’04/Base=405
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
George Bush,
the Republican Candidate
|
40%
|
10
|
26
|
78
|
47
|
35
|
|
lean Bush
|
7%
|
2
|
20
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
|
John Kerry,
the Democratic candidate
|
41%
|
75
|
31
|
9
|
40
|
42
|
|
lean
Kerry
|
7%
|
8
|
13
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
|
Other/Don’t
know (vol)
|
4%
|
5
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
Question: [for Bush voters] Would you say you are voting
more for George Bush or against John Kerry? (Base = 338)
|
Question: [for Kerry voters]
Would you say you are voting more for John Kerry or against George Bush?
(Base = 347)
|
|
For George Bush
|
80
|
For John Kerry
|
32
|
|
Against John Kerry
|
15
|
Against George Bush
|
64
|
|
Don’t Know (vol.)
|
6
|
Don’t know (vol.)
|
4
|
|
Question: Now if the election were held today, and
Ralph Nader was also a candidate, do you think you would vote for …. or ….
[ROTATE] or Ralph Nader, a third party candidate? If “unsure,” or “don’t
know” ask “which way do you lean?”
|
|
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
George
Bush, the Republican Candidate
|
39
|
8
|
28
|
79
|
45
|
35
|
|
lean Bush
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
|
John Kerry,
the Democratic candidate
|
39
|
72
|
26
|
6
|
35
|
41
|
|
lean Kerry
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
Ralph Nader
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
|
lean Nader
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Unsure
(vol)
|
11
|
8
|
28
|
7
|
10
|
13
|
|
Question
Now turning to a different matter… How closely have you been following news
about the war in Iraq?
|
|
|
|
US7 How well is the US military effort in Iraq going?
|
|
|
All
|
Very well
|
Fairly well
|
Not too well
|
Not well
At all
|
|
|
Very
closely
|
51%
|
63
|
46
|
47
|
65
|
|
|
Somewhat
closely
|
40%
|
32
|
46
|
42
|
26
|
|
|
Not too
closely
|
8%
|
5
|
6
|
10
|
8
|
|
|
Not at
all closely
|
2%
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Question:
How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
|
|
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
April
‘04
|
Jan
‘03
|
Sept
‘03
|
Change from April to July
|
|
Very
well
|
17%
|
10
|
15
|
26
|
17%
|
21%
|
21
|
0
|
|
Fairly
well
|
42%
|
31
|
45
|
53
|
38%
|
48%
|
40
|
+4
|
|
Not to
well
|
25%
|
34
|
23
|
15
|
27%
|
19%
|
25
|
-2
|
|
Not at
all well
|
13%
|
20
|
13
|
4
|
12%
|
8%
|
10
|
-1
|
|
Unsure
|
4%
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
6%
|
3%
|
4
|
-2
|
|
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
|
President’s Job
Rating
|
Gender
|
|
July
‘04
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep
|
Excellent
|
Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
thing
|
44%
|
19
|
40
|
74
|
95
|
73
|
29
|
5
|
48
|
41
|
|
Mistake
|
48%
|
74
|
46
|
20
|
2
|
16
|
62
|
89
|
45
|
50
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
8%
|
7
|
11
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
9
|
|
April
‘04
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep
|
Excellent
|
Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
thing
|
47%
|
22
|
42
|
75
|
95
|
74
|
33
|
9
|
54
|
42
|
|
Mistake
|
43%
|
69
|
48
|
16
|
3
|
11
|
54
|
86
|
39
|
47
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
10%
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
2
|
15
|
14
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
|
Jan.
‘04
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep
|
Excellent
|
Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
thing
|
55%
|
35
|
57
|
82
|
94
|
77
|
34
|
15
|
58
|
52
|
|
Mistake
|
37%
|
57
|
33
|
12
|
3
|
11
|
56
|
83
|
35
|
38
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
8%
|
8
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
11
|
10
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
|
Sept ‘03
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep
|
Excellent
|
Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
thing
|
54%
|
34
|
52
|
80
|
97
|
84
|
36
|
15
|
62
|
47
|
|
Mistake
|
40%
|
59
|
40
|
15
|
2
|
10
|
51
|
82
|
33
|
45
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
6%
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
|
Last April
‘03
|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind.
|
Rep
|
Excellent
|
Good
|
Fair
|
Poor
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
Right
thing
|
67%
|
49
|
66
|
86
|
97
|
84
|
45
|
11
|
73
|
62
|
|
Mistake
|
23%
|
40
|
26
|
6
|
2
|
7
|
37
|
79
|
20
|
27
|
|
Don’t
Know (vol.)
|
10%
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
9
|
19
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
|
Question:
Which are you following more closely—the war in Iraq or the status of the economy?
|
|
|
All
|
18-34
|
35-54
|
55-64
|
65+
|
|
Iraq
|
40
|
41
|
41
|
38
|
42
|
|
Economy
|
24
|
36
|
25
|
25
|
14
|
|
Neither
(vol.)
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
Both
(vol.)
|
33
|
19
|
31
|
36
|
40
|
|
In
deciding who to vote for for President, which is more important to you, the
candidate’s position on…[ROTATE] or …?
|
|
|
All
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
foreign
policy and the war in Iraq
|
35
|
39
|
32
|
|
the
economy
|
35
|
31
|
39
|
|
Neither
(vol.)
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Both
(vol.)
|
24
|
25
|
23
|
|
Don’t
know (vol.)
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
Contacts:
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Radio actuality line: (201) 692-2846.
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see also:
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Analysis
Survey Details
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