Thursday, December 16, 2004
New Iraqi Polls
These numbers are so bad, so those hearts and minds have been won...by the Mullahs.
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These numbers are so bad, so those hearts and minds have been won...by the Mullahs.
My allegation that the IraqTheModel website is far outside the norm of Iraqi public opinion as measured by polling has caused a stir in the weblogging world among, apparently, dittoheads who can't read polls.
Here are the results of an April, 2004, Gallup poll, which was scientifically weighted and involved over 3000 face-to-face interviews all over the country.
On Balance, do you think of the Americans mostly as Occupiers or liberators?
Occupiers: 71 %
Liberators 19%
(43% reported that in April 2003, they had thought of the Americans as liberators).
How have the US Forces Conducted themselves?
58% said "fairly badly" or "very badly."
Asked if the US was serious about establishing democracy in Iraq:
50% said "no."
12% said "don't know."
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