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January 16, 2005
This is an important survey
From COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us
The Army Times has published the results of the latest survey of Army Times subscribers, more than 2/3rds of whom are on active duty.Here are the highlights:
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Pres. Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?
Approve: 63%
Disapprove: 20%
No opinion: 8%
Declined to answer: 9%Notably, Bush's approval ratings on the war have increased substantially among this group, rising from 56% in 2003 to 63% in 2004.
Civilians polled by the Washington Post/ABC News around the same period (Dec 16-19) broke very differently: 39% approve, 58% disapprove.
The results bespeak a radical dissonance between the way the average American perceives the war - of necessity, as it is portrayed by the media - and how the war is perceived by the soldiers who have actually been on the ground.
Posted by Beth at January 16, 2005 10:45 AM
Comments
I hate these multiple-choice quizzes. They never have answers like:
A. "Yes, but... and here are the qualifications."
B. "Not exactly, maybe there should be another category."
Posted by: Justthisguy at January 16, 2005 9:26 PM