The outcome of the poll, no matter who is responsible for it, did produce some interesting contradictions.
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snip/ most voters think the country is going in the wrong direction (67%) and President Bush is doing a poor job (60%), and that Iraq will never be a stable democracy (60%).
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Without question, these are substantive numbers that are critical of Bush and the direction that he has taken in Iraq. But, the following outcomes on more specific questions seems to speak otherwise.
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* 57% believe “The Iraq War is a key part of the global war on terrorism.”
* 57% “support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people.
* 50% want our troops should stay and “do whatever it takes to restore order until the Iraqis can govern and provide security to their country” while only 17% favor immediate withdrawal
* 56% believe “Even if they have concerns about his war policies, Americans should stand behind the President in Iraq because we are at war.”
* 53% believe “The Democrats are going too far, too fast in pressing the President to withdraw the troops from Iraq.”
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This contradiction in internal consistancy might be due to any number of factors. Politico, are you able to obtain the research protocols used in this poll? I am particularly interested in how the population was sampled.
Thanks...