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Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters May 5 & 6

RR	Would the world be a better place or worse if other countries became more like the United States?
	Total	Gender		Political Party			Political Ideology			Presidential Preference
	Total	M	W	GOP	Dem	Other	Con	Mod	Lib	Bush	Kerry
Better	63	66	60	79	53	56	81	56	49	85	45
Worse	13	13	12	6	18	14	5	13	23	4	21
not sure	25	20	28	15	29	30	15	30	28	12	34

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters May 5 & 6

RR	Have you read, seen, or heard any news stories about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers?
	Total	Gender		Political Party			Political Ideology			Presidential Preference
	Total	M	W	GOP	Dem	Other	Con	Mod	Lib	Bush	Kerry
Yes	89	92	86	89	89	88	89	89	92	91	89
No	8	6	10	9	9	8	9	9	5	8	8
not sure	3	1	4	2	1	4	2	2	3	2	3

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters May 5 & 6

RR	Was the abuse of Iraqi prisoners an isolated event, or are such incidents fairly widespread?
	Total	Gender		Political Party			Political Ideology			Presidential Preference
	Total	M	W	GOP	Dem	Other	Con	Mod	Lib	Bush	Kerry
Isolated	48	53	44	65	37	43	65	43	32	72	28
Widesprd	29	30	29	17	38	33	15	31	24	11	45
not sure	23	17	28	19	25	24	20	26	20	17	17

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters May 5 & 6

RR	Are the Iraqi people better off today than they were when Saddam Hussein was in control
	Total	Gender		Political Party			Political Ideology			Presidential Preference
	Total	M	W	GOP	Dem	Other	Con	Mod	Lib	Bush	Kerry
Better	62	67	58	83	47	58	79	55	47	90	39
Worse	17	16	17	8	25	16	8	21	24	3	29
not sure	21	17	24	9	18	27	12	24	29	7	32

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters May 5 & 6

RR	Some people believe that for the United States to succeed in Iraq, we must send more American troops to Iraq on a temporary basis. Do you favor or oppose sending more troops to Iraq on a temporary basis?
	Total	Gender		Political Party			Political Ideology			Presidential Preference
	Total	M	W	GOP	Dem	Other	Con	Mod	Lib	Bush	Kerry
Favor	40	45	2	58	27	35	52	32	35	64	23
Oppose	46	44	1	27	62	49	33	53	56	20	66
not sure	14	11	3	15	11	16	14	16	10	15	11

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