Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6867

Geography Surveyed: Continental United States
Data Collected: 09/12/2005 - 09/14/2005
Release Date: 09/14/2005 11:02 PM ET
Sponsors: KABC-TV Los Angeles, KATU-TV Portland, KEYE-TV Austin, KFOR-TV Oklahoma City, KGTV-TV San Diego, KING-TV Seattle, KJRH-TV Tulsa, KPIX-TV San Francisco, KPNX-TV Phoenix, KPRC-TV Houston, KSDK-TV St. Louis, KSL-TV Salt Lake City, KTHV-TV Little Rock, KUSA-TV Denver, KVBC-TV Las Vegas, KWCH-TV Wichita, KXAS-TV Dallas, KXTV-TV Sacramento, WABC-TV New York, WBIR-TV Knoxville, WBTV-TV Charlotte, WBZ-TV Boston, WCAU-TV Philadelphia, WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WCSC-TV Charleston, WCSH-TV Portland, WDIV-TV Detroit, WFLA-TV Tampa, WFMY-TV Greensboro, NC, WFOR-TV Miami, WGRZ-TV Buffalo, WHAS-TV Louisville, WHO-TV Des Moines, WKMG-TV Orlando, WKRG-TV Mobile-Pensacola, WKYC-TV Cleveland, WLNE-TV Providence, WLTX-TV Columbia, SC, WMAR-TV Baltimore, WNEP-TV Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, WOAI-TV San Antonio, WPTV-TV West Palm Beach, WRGB-TV Albany, WSLS-TV Roanoke, WTLV-TV Jacksonville, WTVD-TV Raleigh, WUSA-TV Washington, DC, WXIA-TV Atlanta, WXIN-TV Indianapolis, WYTV-TV Youngstown, WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

1
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

I want you to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, the job done by people involved in the Hurricane Katrina story. For each person I name, please rate them from 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done. OK? If you have not heard of a particular person, or have no opinion, press zero. First ... The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin... Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

5.2
Average
 
16% 1
7% 2
8% 3
6% 4
17% 5
7% 6
9% 7
11% 8
7% 9
7% 10
5% No Opinion

2
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Next ... The governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco... Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

4.8
Average
 
16% 1
9% 2
9% 3
8% 4
17% 5
8% 6
9% 7
9% 8
4% 9
5% 10
6% No Opinion

3
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Next... The Governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour. Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

6.1
Average
 
6% 1
2% 2
4% 3
5% 4
18% 5
10% 6
13% 7
15% 8
7% 9
6% 10
14% No Opinion

4
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Next ... The director of homeland security, Michael Chertoff... Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

4.4
Average
 
21% 1
12% 2
8% 3
6% 4
15% 5
6% 6
7% 7
8% 8
4% 9
4% 10
8% No Opinion

5
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Next ... U.S. Army General Russell Honore ... Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

6.9
Average
 
6% 1
3% 2
3% 3
3% 4
10% 5
6% 6
8% 7
17% 8
15% 9
14% 10
16% No Opinion

6
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Next ... The President of the United States, George W. Bush... Please rate this person on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means this person has done the best possible job any human in this position could have done, and 1 means this person has done the worst possible job that any human in this position could have done.

4.7
Average
 
33% 1
7% 2
5% 3
4% 4
9% 5
4% 6
7% 7
9% 8
10% 9
11% 10
1% No Opinion

7
  Asked of 1200 Adults
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 2.9 percentage points.

Should Michael Chertoff be replaced as the director of Homeland Security?

51% Yes
38% No
11% Not Sure

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