President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq

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President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq (Demographic Patterns)

Do you APPROVE or DISAPPROVE of the way George Bush is HANDLING THE WAR IN IRAQ?


President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq by Gender (American National Election Studies, 2004)

  MALE FEMALE TOTAL
APPROVE 44.3%
251
38.7%
250
41.3%
501
DISAPPROVE 54.1%
306
59.8%
386
57.1%
692
DON'T KNOW 1.4%
8
1.4%
9
1.4%
17
REFUSED 0.2%
1
0.2%
1
0.2%
2
TOTAL 100%
566
100%
646
1212

President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq by Age (American National Election Studies, 2004)

  18-30 31-45 46-60 61+ TOTAL
APPROVE 34.6%
88
40.3%
128
45.9%
157
43.0%
128
41.3%
501
DISAPPROVE 65.0%
165
58.5%
186
52.6%
180
54.0%
161
57.1%
692
DON'T KNOW 0.4%
1
0.9%
3
1.2%
4
3.0%
9
1.4%
17
REFUSED 0.0%
0
0.3%
1
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
2
TOTAL 100%
254
100%
318
100%
342
100%
298
1212

President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq by Denomination (American National Election Studies, 2004)

  Protestant Catholic Jewish Other Missing TOTAL
APPROVE 50.6%
167
45.6%
98
23.3%
7
34.8%
79
150 43.8%
351
DISAPPROVE 47.9%
158
52.6%
113
76.7%
23
63.9%
145
253 54.7%
439
DON'T KNOW 1.2%
4
1.9%
4
0.0%
0
0.9%
2
7 1.2%
10
REFUSED 0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.4%
1
0 0.2%
2
TOTAL 100%
330
100%
215
100%
30
100%
227
410 802

President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq by Region (American National Election Studies, 2004)

  NORTHEAST NORTH CENT SOUTH WEST TOTAL
APPROVE 35.3%
77
40.8%
128
47.5%
198
37.3%
98
41.3%
501
DISAPPROVE 63.8%
139
56.4%
177
51.3%
214
61.6%
162
57.1%
692
DON'T KNOW 0.9%
2
2.9%
9
1.0%
4
0.8%
2
1.4%
17
REFUSED 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.4%
1
0.2%
2
TOTAL 100%
218
100%
314
100%
417
100%
263
1212

President Bush's Handling of the War in Iraq by Church attendance (American National Election Studies, 2004)

  Yes No Missing TOTAL
APPROVE 43.7%
353
36.7%
147
1 41.4%
500
DISAPPROVE 54.8%
442
61.8%
248
2 57.1%
690
DON'T KNOW 1.2%
10
1.5%
6
1 1.3%
16
REFUSED 0.2%
2
0.0%
0
0 0.2%
2
TOTAL 100%
807
100%
401
4 1208

Notes

American National Election Studies, 2004: From the ANES website (http://www.umich.edu/~nes/studypages/2004prepost/2004prepost.htm): The study, in part, maintains and extends the core of the NES time-series by collecting data on Americans’ basic political beliefs, allegiances, and behaviors. It contains special instrumentation on American’s views on foreign policy, the war on terrorism, and the Iraq War and its consequences. It extends the experiment on the measurement of voter turnout begun in 2002, and carries expanded instrumentation on inflation, immigration, gender politics, and gay and lesbian politics. It also includes the Comparative Studies of Electoral System’s Module 2, which focuses on representation and accountability. The data also contains several religion variables, including questions about prayer frequency, importance of religion, attendance at religious services, and belief in the Bible.