ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 2006

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Label

ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 2006

Creator

• ABC News

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
• The Washington Post

Author

• The Washington Post
• ABC News

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• Edwards, John
• Guiliani, Rudolph
• Iraq War, 2003-2011
• McCain, John
• Obama, Barack
• Pelosi, Nancy
• Republican Party (USA)
• Romney, Mitt
• Terrorism
• United States Congress
• United States., Federal Bureau of Investigation
• attitudes
• federal government
• immigrants
• national economy
• Bush Administration (George W., 2001-2009)
• political attitudes
• political leaders
• political parties
• presidential candidates
• presidential performance
• primaries
• privacy
• public opinion
• social issues
• survey
• terrorism
• voter attitudes
• national security
• Bush, George W
• Clinton, Hillary
• Democratic Party (USA)

Genre

• survey

Summary

This poll, conducted December 7-11, 2006, is part of a continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on various political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling his job as president and issues such as the economy, whether they approved of the way members of United States Congress and their own representative were handling their jobs, and to rate the condition of the national economy. Views were sought on the upcoming switch to Democratic control of Congress, what was the most important problem for President Bush and Congress to deal with in the next year and whether they trusted President Bush or Congress more to handle these problems. Several questions asked whether Congress should hold hearings on how the Bush Administration handled issues related to the war with Iraq and the United States' campaign against terrorism, whether the war with Iraq was worth fighting, whether the number of United States military casualties in Iraq was acceptable, and whether the war in Iraq has contributed to the long-term security of the United States. A series of questions asked whether the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq until civil order is restored there, whether the United States was winning the war in Iraq, whether respondents would describe the situation in Iraq as a civil war, and whether the United States should hold direct talks with Syria and Iran about the situation in Iraq. Respondents were asked whether they supported certain plans and decisions, such as the Iraq Study Group report, changing the primary mission of United States forces to supporting and training the Iraqi army, or reducing United States military and financial support of the Iraqi government. Several questions asked for respondents' opinions of current political leaders and the 2008 presidential candidates, which candidate they would vote for if the 2008 Democratic and Republican primaries were held that day, and whether a presidential candidate's gender, race, or religion would affect their vote. Additional topics included immigration, privacy rights, and whether respondents were hopeful about the upcoming year for themselves and the world. Demographic variables include sex, age, religion, race, education level, household income, whether anyone in the household was a military veteran, voter registration and participation history, political party affiliation, political philosophy, and type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural)