Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #18183

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Approve	46%	37%	55%	47%	45%	46%	37%	69%	54%	63%	17%	87%	39%	11%	58%	76%	50%	**	32%	66%	29%	41%	49%	48%	60%	39%	43%	43%
Disapprove	49%	58%	41%	46%	51%	51%	58%	21%	41%	34%	79%	10%	54%	85%	38%	20%	46%	**	64%	26%	55%	56%	48%	47%	36%	52%	54%	55%
Not Sure	5%	5%	4%	7%	4%	3%	4%	10%	5%	4%	3%	4%	7%	4%	3%	3%	4%	**	4%	8%	15%	2%	3%	6%	4%	9%	3%	1%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

Who is winning the war on terror? The United States? Or the terrorists?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.3 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
United States	62%	60%	64%	66%	56%	65%	59%	66%	61%	73%	60%	75%	55%	61%	65%	57%	68%	**	39%	88%	61%	62%	58%	48%	67%	64%	72%	64%
Terrorists	26%	31%	22%	23%	32%	24%	28%	26%	29%	15%	30%	16%	32%	29%	21%	36%	21%	**	47%	7%	32%	26%	29%	36%	27%	24%	20%	22%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

All things considered, has the war in Iraq been worth fighting? Or not?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Worth Fighting	40%	36%	45%	43%	39%	38%	42%	54%	29%	46%	57%	22%	35%	63%	29%	24%	45%	**	26%	59%	43%	40%	37%	31%	42%	46%	45%	40%
Not Worth Fighting	49%	56%	42%	48%	49%	51%	49%	45%	56%	41%	32%	66%	55%	30%	61%	66%	46%	**	57%	39%	52%	49%	51%	61%	49%	48%	50%	48%
Not Sure	11%	8%	13%	9%	11%	12%	9%	1%	15%	14%	12%	11%	10%	8%	10%	10%	10%	**	17%	2%	5%	10%	12%	8%	9%	6%	5%	12%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

All things considered, has the war in Afghanistan been worth fighting? Or not?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Worth Fighting	47%	45%	48%	47%	49%	43%	48%	63%	38%	50%	59%	37%	40%	59%	44%	32%	54%	**	20%	51%	44%	48%	48%	36%	49%	46%	56%	55%
Not Worth Fighting	43%	48%	39%	45%	42%	43%	44%	32%	48%	34%	33%	51%	49%	33%	46%	56%	36%	**	67%	30%	49%	46%	42%	54%	40%	49%	39%	36%
Not Sure	10%	7%	13%	9%	9%	13%	8%	5%	14%	16%	8%	12%	11%	7%	10%	12%	10%	**	13%	18%	8%	6%	10%	10%	11%	6%	5%	9%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

5	Was the decision by the United States to bury Osama bin Laden at sea the right decision? Or the wrong decision?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.4 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Right	55%	54%	56%	51%	54%	62%	58%	62%	41%	64%	59%	68%	42%	55%	61%	51%	67%	**	15%	70%	43%	56%	56%	50%	56%	49%	62%	63%
Wrong	31%	36%	26%	37%	29%	25%	29%	31%	42%	19%	29%	22%	40%	35%	24%	33%	21%	**	62%	7%	47%	32%	29%	32%	33%	34%	33%	24%
Not Sure	14%	11%	17%	12%	17%	13%	13%	8%	17%	17%	12%	11%	18%	10%	14%	16%	12%	**	22%	23%	10%	12%	15%	19%	12%	17%	5%	12%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

6	In the immediate short-term, will the death of Osama bin Laden make the world be a more dangerous place? A safer place? Or will it make no difference?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
More Dangerous	27%	25%	30%	20%	36%	25%	32%	30%	22%	16%	28%	26%	27%	30%	20%	29%	26%	**	36%	2%	27%	30%	30%	23%	24%	23%	25%	39%
Safer Place	30%	27%	32%	28%	31%	30%	25%	34%	27%	53%	28%	44%	18%	29%	29%	29%	34%	**	12%	68%	29%	20%	30%	26%	34%	37%	28%	24%
No Difference	41%	48%	34%	50%	31%	41%	41%	30%	48%	31%	40%	27%	54%	40%	49%	35%	38%	**	51%	31%	40%	47%	38%	50%	38%	37%	44%	34%
Not Sure	2%	0%	4%	2%	2%	3%	2%	5%	2%	0%	4%	3%	1%	1%	1%	7%	3%	**	1%	0%	3%	2%	2%	1%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

7	Long-term, will the death of Osama bin Laden, result in the world becoming a more dangerous place? A safer place? Or will it make no difference?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
More Dangerous	11%	7%	15%	10%	10%	13%	10%	20%	12%	8%	10%	18%	7%	11%	6%	19%	8%	**	21%	21%	8%	11%	10%	17%	10%	12%	11%	10%
Safer Place	48%	52%	44%	44%	52%	47%	48%	49%	33%	72%	49%	48%	45%	51%	49%	37%	53%	**	32%	41%	46%	48%	50%	29%	52%	46%	42%	56%
No Difference	39%	40%	37%	43%	35%	38%	39%	26%	51%	20%	38%	31%	46%	36%	45%	36%	36%	**	45%	38%	42%	38%	38%	50%	35%	40%	45%	32%
Not Sure	3%	1%	5%	3%	3%	2%	3%	4%	4%	0%	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%	7%	3%	**	2%	0%	5%	2%	2%	4%	3%	2%	2%	2%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

8	Is Al-Qaeda still a threat to America? Or no longer a threat?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 2.7 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Still a Threat	90%	86%	94%	83%	95%	93%	96%	91%	79%	84%	94%	90%	87%	93%	92%	85%	93%	**	83%	81%	68%	90%	97%	88%	78%	94%	93%	97%
No Longer a Threat	4%	4%	4%	8%	2%	3%	2%	1%	10%	4%	4%	6%	3%	4%	4%	7%	2%	**	8%	15%	14%	1%	2%	8%	8%	2%	4%	1%
Not Sure	6%	9%	2%	9%	4%	4%	2%	9%	11%	11%	2%	3%	10%	3%	4%	8%	4%	**	9%	4%	18%	9%	1%	5%	14%	4%	3%	1%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

9	Is it appropriate to celebrate the death of Bin Laden? Or is it insensitive?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.3 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
Appropriate	64%	69%	58%	63%	64%	65%	70%	61%	51%	59%	77%	60%	55%	74%	61%	54%	72%	**	32%	80%	69%	62%	61%	54%	71%	63%	63%	73%
Insensitive	23%	20%	27%	25%	24%	21%	19%	32%	33%	23%	15%	31%	26%	13%	25%	35%	18%	**	40%	12%	22%	27%	22%	30%	21%	30%	23%	17%
Not Sure	13%	12%	15%	13%	13%	15%	12%	8%	16%	18%	9%	9%	19%	13%	14%	11%	10%	**	29%	8%	9%	11%	16%	16%	8%	7%	14%	10%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

10	How did you first hear the news about Osama bin Laden? TV? Radio? Phone call? Newspaper? Facebook? Twitter? Some other online website? Or did you hear the news another way?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age			Race				Party Affiliation			Ideology			Bin Laden			Education				Income
Credibility Interval: ± 4.4 pct points		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Dead	Alive	Don't Kn	No HS	HS Grad	Some Col	College	<25K	25-50K	50-75K	75-100K	>100K
TV	61%	54%	68%	50%	61%	77%	60%	37%	67%	63%	66%	67%	53%	63%	59%	59%	64%	**	48%	68%	71%	57%	59%	75%	57%	61%	58%	59%
Radio	4%	6%	2%	0%	9%	3%	4%	1%	5%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	2%	7%	4%	**	6%	0%	3%	5%	5%	2%	5%	4%	6%	2%
Phone	11%	12%	10%	11%	12%	10%	13%	12%	4%	10%	13%	6%	12%	12%	14%	4%	10%	**	10%	5%	18%	10%	11%	10%	11%	11%	11%	12%
Newspaper	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	3%	2%	6%	0%	0%	3%	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	**	0%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	0%	2%
Facebook	10%	10%	9%	22%	5%	0%	7%	18%	18%	7%	6%	14%	11%	6%	10%	15%	9%	**	10%	19%	5%	15%	5%	2%	18%	2%	14%	5%
Twitter	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	**	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%
Other Website	7%	9%	5%	9%	8%	3%	7%	24%	3%	9%	4%	6%	11%	10%	4%	8%	6%	**	15%	6%	0%	6%	10%	2%	3%	13%	4%	14%
Another Way	5%	6%	4%	7%	5%	3%	6%	1%	2%	9%	5%	3%	8%	2%	9%	5%	4%	**	10%	0%	1%	6%	7%	5%	4%	6%	7%	5%
Not Sure	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	**	1%	2%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	50%	50%	36%	39%	25%	60%	5%	23%	12%	32%	25%	38%	33%	37%	19%	78%	4%	18%	8%	13%	33%	47%	14%	25%	17%	17%	19%

** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.