Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #18080
 
1Do you approve? Or disapprove? Of the US response to events in Libya?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Approve48%53%43%31%48%56%47%61%44%**37%55%52%33%60%51%
Disapprove44%38%49%60%42%37%45%27%49%**57%31%43%61%31%44%
Not Sure8%8%9%8%11%7%8%12%7%**6%14%5%6%9%5%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
2Did the United States get involved in Libya too soon? Did the United States wait too long to get involved? Or did the United States get involved at the right time?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Too Soon27%22%31%30%30%22%29%15%14%**31%24%24%34%21%26%
Waited Too Long29%26%32%43%21%28%32%13%23%**45%15%28%40%22%26%
Right Time33%41%26%21%35%38%32%52%32%**19%47%35%18%46%34%
Not Sure11%10%11%5%13%12%7%20%31%**6%14%13%8%11%14%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
3Did President Obama have a legal obligation to get Congressional approval before military action against Libya began?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Yes47%51%43%61%37%48%48%40%45%**62%35%45%70%34%38%
No35%35%35%17%49%33%34%39%29%**23%39%41%22%40%49%
Not Sure18%14%22%22%14%19%17%20%26%**15%26%14%8%26%14%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
4Would going to a four day school week be a good way? Or a bad way for school districts to save money?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.3 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Good Way28%30%26%23%35%25%26%48%24%**24%37%24%26%25%37%
Bad Way62%64%61%77%51%64%65%47%49%**68%55%65%67%67%48%
Not Sure10%6%13%0%14%11%8%5%27%**8%8%11%8%8%15%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
5Among the items stolen from a home rented by three Tampa Bay Rays players was an AK-47 assault rifle that was owned, lawfully, by Evan Longoria. Does Longoria's ownership of this weapon give you ... a more favorable opinion of him? A less favorable opinion of him? Or does it have no effect on your opinion of him?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.5 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
More Favorable6%6%6%10%5%5%8%0%3%**15%1%3%16%1%3%
Less Favorable37%34%40%21%41%42%38%39%30%**29%48%32%29%35%48%
No Effet54%58%50%67%50%50%54%55%44%**55%48%59%54%62%39%
Not Sure3%2%4%2%5%3%0%6%24%**0%3%5%1%1%10%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
6In general, if an athlete lawfully owns a weapon, does it matter? Or not matter? In the way you think about him?
500 AdultsAllGenderAgeRaceParty AffiliationIdeology
Credibility Interval: ± 4.3 pct pointsMaleFemale18-3435-5455+WhiteBlackHispanicOtherRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberal
Matters21%22%19%9%20%27%20%19%25%**18%25%17%17%17%26%
Does Not63%66%62%69%66%58%66%66%32%**63%64%66%66%68%54%
Not Sure16%13%19%22%14%14%13%15%43%**19%10%17%17%15%19%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Adults100%47%53%23%34%43%80%8%9%2%33%31%34%34%43%18%
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.