Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 10-11, 2006
| September 10 - 11, 2006 | Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Too much about individual rights | 33% | 34% | 31% | 48% | 24% | 27% | 38% | 33% | 24% | 33% | 38% | 27% | 38% | 25% | 35% | 26% | 24% | 31% | 30% | 38% | 33% | 32% | 26% | 32% | 39% | 39% | 44% | 35% |
| Too much about national security | 24% | 27% | 22% | 12% | 33% | 27% | 24% | 27% | 31% | 20% | 22% | 27% | 21% | 30% | 24% | 30% | 19% | 28% | 33% | 20% | 24% | 17% | 31% | 23% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 32% |
| Balance about right | 27% | 27% | 27% | 31% | 23% | 28% | 21% | 29% | 31% | 26% | 29% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 28% | 20% | 32% | 26% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 31% | 24% | 27% | 34% | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| September 10 - 11, 2006 | When it comes to questions about the balance between individual rights and national security, who do you trust more…President Bush or Democrats in Congress? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| President Bush | 39% | 41% | 37% | 76% | 12% | 32% | 40% | 41% | 29% | 39% | 49% | 28% | 46% | 27% | 43% | 17% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 43% | 42% | 36% | 31% | 33% | 45% | 46% | 52% | 45% |
| Democrats in Congress | 45% | 43% | 46% | 13% | 79% | 36% | 32% | 46% | 46% | 46% | 38% | 52% | 38% | 56% | 40% | 72% | 47% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 42% | 49% | 52% | 46% | 44% | 43% | 32% | 45% |
| September 10 - 11, 2006 | Is the War in Iraq part of the War on Terror, or is it a distraction from the War on Terror? | Is the War in Iraq part of the War on Terror, or is it a distraction from the War on Terror? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Iraq part of the War on Terror | 43% | 46% | 39% | 68% | 20% | 42% | 60% | 42% | 39% | 40% | 53% | 32% | 50% | 30% | 45% | 28% | 41% | 49% | 41% | 43% | 41% | 38% | 33% | 43% | 49% | 42% | 52% | 53% |
| Distraction from the War on Terror | 44% | 46% | 41% | 19% | 63% | 46% | 37% | 49% | 38% | 42% | 39% | 49% | 40% | 49% | 42% | 56% | 38% | 37% | 49% | 46% | 45% | 41% | 49% | 40% | 43% | 45% | 39% | 43% |
| September 10 - 11, 2006 | Did Saddam Hussein and his government have links with Al-Qaeda before the 9/11 terrorist attacks? | Did Saddam Hussein and his government have links with Al-Qaeda before the 9/11 terrorist attacks? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 43% | 41% | 46% | 59% | 34% | 38% | 44% | 40% | 37% | 48% | 45% | 41% | 48% | 36% | 43% | 36% | 55% | 40% | 49% | 47% | 41% | 40% | 43% | 47% | 43% | 47% | 58% | 41% |
| No | 32% | 37% | 27% | 19% | 46% | 30% | 27% | 40% | 27% | 28% | 34% | 31% | 30% | 36% | 33% | 36% | 26% | 27% | 35% | 30% | 36% | 33% | 29% | 30% | 36% | 28% | 30% | 44% |
| September 10 - 11, 2006 | President Bush recently announced the transfer of 14 top terrorists from CIA custody to the Defense Department. He has asked Congress for the authority to have their trials conducted by military commissions. Do you favor or oppose military trials for the terrorists suspects? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Favor | 57% | 61% | 54% | 81% | 42% | 50% | 51% | 64% | 38% | 58% | 69% | 44% | 65% | 45% | 61% | 48% | 47% | 44% | 60% | 64% | 58% | 60% | 45% | 57% | 66% | 60% | 70% | 67% |
| Oppose | 24% | 27% | 21% | 9% | 36% | 24% | 40% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 30% | 21% | 28% | 21% | 32% | 32% | 30% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 32% | 20% | 24% | 28% | 18% | 22% |