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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Support For War Slips Back to 54%, 42% Oppose; Opposition Grows With Possibility of American Casualties; Bush Job Performance Rating Remains Steady at 54% in New Zogby America Poll Sun Mar 16 2003 15:48:02 ET (Utica, NY) - Support for a war against Iraq has slipped back to 54%, and opposition has increased to 42%, according to a poll of 1,129 likely voters conducted March 14-15 by Zogby International. Support was 57% and opposition was 40% in similar polling March 5 - 7. Both polls have a margin of error of +/- 3%. �When the president appears before the public to make his case, support moves up slightly,� noted pollster John Zogby. �But support quickly slips back down, and it�s part of a steady pattern we�re seeing. Opposition has been creeping up since early February, and is now at 42%.� Support for a war has decreased with the scenario of hundreds of American military casualties, with 47% opposing, compared to 46% who support a war under that condition. During the Persian Gulf War, 146 Americans were killed. Opposition is even stronger (50/43) when the possibility of thousands of American casualties is mentioned. The president�s job performance rating remains steady between the two Zogby America polls, with 54% calling it excellent or good, and 46% saying it is fair or poor. He fares slightly better with the self-identified investor class, with a 57% favorable, 42% unfavorable. Educators rate his performance more negatively, with 43% favorable, 56% unfavorable. Professionals and those in the medical field give higher negative numbers: 46% say excellent or good, and 54% rate presidential performance as poor or fair. Nearly half (48%) of the respondents say they feel the country is headed in the right direction, while 44% say it is the wrong direction and 8% are not sure. That is a reversal from earlier polling. Nearly two-thirds (64%) say they have never taken part in an anti-war demonstration or peace rally, and never will. One in seven (14%) say they have, and nearly one in five (18%) say they never have, but would in the future. |
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