MWR Strategies
September 2006
N = 1000 interviews w/registered voters
Margin of error = + 3.1%
PERSONAL/CONFIDENTIAL
MWR Strategies
1406 Goswick Ridge Road
Midlothian, VA 23114
Hello, my name is ______and I am calling from ______, a market research firm. This is not a sales call; we are conducting a national survey of voters and would just like to get your opinion on important issues. This is a short survey and will only take about nine minutes. [DO NOT PAUSE]
1.Are you or is someone in your household registered to vote?
100%YES
0%NO [THANKED AND TERMINATED]
Thinking about Iraq for a moment . . .
2.What do you think the wisest course of action is right now in Iraq? [ROTATED]
47%STAY UNTIL THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ITSELF
25%SET A DATE CERTAIN FOR LEAVING
16%LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
2%OTHER [NOT READ]
10%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
3.Do you think we are viewed mostly as liberators or mostly as occupiers by the Iraqi people?
49%OCCUPIERS
30%LIBERATORS
21%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
4.In general, do you think that we can successfully export democracy to places like Iraq?
34%YES
56%NO
10%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
5.Do you think we are engaged in a war against terror, or a war against radical Islam?
35%WAR ON TERROR
29%WAR AGAINST RADICAL ISLAM
20%BOTH [NOT READ]
9%NEITHER [NOT READ]
8%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
6.How many Muslim leaders have you heard speak out against Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists?
49%NONE
30%A FEW
9%SOME
3%MANY
9%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
7.In general, do you think Muslim religious leaders . . . what Bin Laden and other terrorists are doing? [ROTATED TOP TO BOTTOM]
9%COMPLETELY OPPOSE
19%MOSTLY OPPOSE
15%SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
43%TOTAL OPPOSE
24%SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
13%MOSTLY SUPPORT
4%COMPLETELY SUPPORT
41%TOTAL SUPPORT
16%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
Finally, we have a few questions for demographic purposes . . .
8.What is your age please?
12%UNDER 35
32%35 TO 54
55%55 AND OVER
1%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
9.With respect to politics, would you describe yourself as:
29%REPUBLICAN
34%DEMOCRAT
32%INDEPENDENT
6%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
10.On a scale of one to ten, with 1 meaning I definitely will not vote in this November’s Congressional elections and 10 meaning that I definitely will vote in those elections, how would you rate your likelihood of voting?
ANSWER RECORDED
11.Right now, who do you plan to vote for in the Congressional elections?
32%MY CURRENT CONGRESSMAN
26%SOMEONE ELSE
42%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
12.Which of the following most closely describes the highest level of education you have achieved?
4%SOME HIGH SCHOOL
20%HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
26%SOME COLLEGE
24%COLLEGE DEGREE
7%SOME POSTGRADUATE WORK
17%GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
2%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED [NOT READ]
13.Region [FROM LIST]
20%EAST
22%INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST
18%WEST/MIDWEST
25%SOUTH
14%PACIFIC
14.Into which category does your annual household income fall? Just stop me when I get to right category.
26%LESS THAN $40,000
34%$40 TO $80,000
27%MORE THAN $80,000
14%DON’T KNOW/REFUSED TO ANSWER [NOT READ]
15.Gender[BY OBSERVATION]
48%MALE
52%FEMALE
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