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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (490612)	11/11/2003 9:03:45 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

U.S. Evenly Split on Whether Iraq War Was Worth It, Poll Shows Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fewer people in the U.S. think the Iraq war was worthwhile, with Americans now evenly split on the issue, according to the National Annenberg Election Survey. In the Nov. 1-9 poll, 48 percent said the war was ``worth it,'' and 49 percent said it wasn't, the organization said today on its Web site. The 1-point difference isn't statistically significant, it said. Last month, an Annenberg poll showed 52 percent thought the war was worthwhile, and 43 percent did not. During the first nine days of this month, 22 soldiers died in the downing of two helicopters in Iraq, pushing the U.S. death toll from hostilities past 140 since the end of major combat was declared by U.S. President George W. Bush on May 1. The poll is the latest to indicate increasing public skepticism of Bush's attempts to stabilize Iraq and establish a new government following the war that began in March. A Gallup poll last week, which showed a majority disapprove of his handling of Iraq, showed no change in U.S. opinion on whether the war was worthwhile, with 54 percent agreeing it was and 44 percent disagreeing. Bush, who aims to retain the presidency for the Republicans in next year's election, last week said U.S. troops won't withdraw and that Iraqi freedom would be a ``watershed event.'' Shrinking Support Shrinking support for the war was seen among all demographic groups polled by Annenberg, and was strongest among men, independent voters, ``political moderates'' and people with annual incomes of less than $35,000, the group said. Fifty-two percent of men this month said the war was worthwhile, a 7-point drop from October. Among women, 52 percent this month said the war wasn't worth it, up 4 points from the previous month. The Annenberg telephone survey, conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, began sampling public opinion on issues relevant to voters on Oct. 7 and will continue past the November 2004 U.S. Election Day. The group's survey for the 2000 presidential election involved interviews with 58,373 people. Last Updated: November 11, 2003 08:33 E