Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Polls

Recently I wondered why there was no poll taken about how support for war changed with the number of casualties. Suckful informs me that Zogby did do such a poll (and now I actually remember it).


Currently, would you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose a war against Iraq?"
Support 54%
Oppose 41%
Not Sure 5%

"Would you support or oppose a war against Iraq if it included sending in hundreds of thousands of U.S. ground troops?"
Support 47%
Oppose 45%
Not Sure 8%

"Would you support or oppose a war against Iraq if there were hundreds of American casualties?"
Support 46%
Oppose 47%
Not Sure 7%

"Would you support or oppose a war against Iraq if there were thousands of American casualties?"
Support 41%
Oppose 51%
Not Sure 8%

"Would you support or oppose a war against Iraq if it meant thousands of Iraqi civilian casualties?"
Support 40%
Oppose 53%
Not Sure 7%


Interesting things are that support still remains pretty high, and people seem about as concerned with Iraqi civilian casualities as they are with American ones. Though, my guess that isn't the type of question you can really get an accurate answer to.