FDU PublicMind - January 14, 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	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	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: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…?
	All	Dem	Ind	Rep	Sept ‘05	July ‘05	April ' 05	Jan. ‘05	Oct ‘04	July ‘04	April ‘04
Very well	15%	6	19	26	13%	13%	14	8	8	17	17
Fairly well	30%	21	24	46	30%	33%	38	35	33	42	38
Not too well	27%	35	34	16	32%	29%	26	31	27	25	27
Not at all well	21%	32	18	7	26%	25%	22	26	28	13	12
Unsure	7%	7	5	5	--	--	--	--	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		Sept. ‘05
	All	Dem	Ind.	Rep	Men	Women
Right thing	35%	13	38	66	41	30	34%
Mistake	57%	83	48	25	53	60	62%
Don't know (vol.)	8%	4	14	9	5	10	4%