PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE & THE PRESS
JULY 2005 RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE SURVEY
FINAL TOPLINE
July 7-10, 2005
N=964
Q.1 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? [IF DK ENTER AS DK. IF DEPENDS PROBE ONCE WITH:
Overall do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? IF STILL DEPENDS ENTER AS DK]
Dis- Don't
Approve approve know
July, 2005 47 46 7=100
June, 2005 42 49 9=100
May, 2005 43 50 7=100
Late March, 2005 49 46 5=100
Mid-March, 2005 45 46 9=100
February, 2005 46 47 7=100
January, 2005 50 43 7=100
2004
December, 2004 48 44 8=100
Mid-October, 2004 44 48 8=100
August, 2004 46 45 9=100
July, 2004 46 46 8=100
June, 2004 48 43 9=100
May, 2004 44 48 8=100
Late April, 2004 48 43 9=100
Early April, 2004 43 47 10=100
Late March, 2004 47 44 9=100
Mid-March, 2004 46 47 7=100
February, 2004 48 44 8=100
Mid-January, 2004 56 34 10=100
Early January, 2004 58 35 7=100
2003
December, 2003 57 34 9=100
November, 2003 50 40 10=100
October, 2003 50 42 8=100
September, 2003 55 36 9=100
Mid-August, 2003 56 32 12=100
Early August, 2003 53 37 10=100
Mid-July, 2003 58 32 10=100
Early July, 2003 60 29 11=100
June, 2003 62 27 11=100
May, 2003 65 27 8=100
April 10-16, 2003 72 22 6=100
April 9, 2003 74 20 6=100
April 2-7, 2003 69 25 6=100
March 28-April 1, 2003 71 23 6=100
March 25-27, 2003 70 24 6=100
March 20-24, 2003 67 26 7=100
March 13-16, 2003 55 34 11=100
February, 2003 54 36 10=100
January, 2003 58 32 10=100
2002
December, 2002 61 28 11=100
Late October, 2002 59 29 12=100
Early October, 2002 61 30 9=100
Mid-September, 2002 67 22 11=100
Early September, 2002 63 26 11=100
Late August, 2002 60 27 13=100
August, 2002 67 21 12=100
Late July, 2002 65 25 10=100
July, 2002 67 21 12=100
June, 2002 70 20 10=100
April, 2002 69 18 13=100
Early April, 2002 74 16 10=100
February, 2002 78 13 9=100
January, 2002 80 11 9=100
2001
Mid-November, 2001 84 9 7=100
Early October, 2001 84 8 8=100
Late September, 2001 86 7 7=100
Mid-September, 2001 80 9 11=100
Early September, 2001 51 34 15=100
August, 2001 50 32 18=100
July, 2001 51 32 17=100
June, 2001 50 33 17=100
May, 2001 53 32 15=100
April, 2001 56 27 17=100
March, 2001 55 25 20=100
February, 2001 53 21 26=100
Q.2X How closely have you been following news about the terrorist bombings in London, England? [READ]
Madrid Bali
Mid-March 2004 Late Oct 2002
36 Very closely 34 20
40 Fairly closely 35 34
17 Not too closely OR 18 25
6 Not at all closely 12 20
1 Don't know/Refused (VOL.) 1 1
100 100 100
ASK FORM 1 ONLY [N=486]:
Q.9XF1 Now I'd like your views on some people. (First,) would you say your overall opinion of [INSERT
ITEM; RANDOMIZE] is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly UNfavorable, or very unfavorable? [INTERVIEWERS: PROBE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
"NEVER HEARD OF" AND "CAN'T RATE."]
Never Can't
-------Favorable------ -----Unfavorable----- Heard of Rate
Total Very Mostly Total Very Mostly (VOL) (VOL)
a.F1 George W. Bush 53 23 30 45 26 19 0 2=100
Late March, 2005 53 23 30 45 27 18 0 2=100
Mid-October, 2004 (RVs) 56 26 30 42 23 19 * 2=100
Early October, 2004 (RVs) 57 27 30 40 20 20 0 3=100
Early September, 2004 52 25 27 43 24 19 * 5=100
September 11-14 49 24 25 46 27 19 0 5=100
September 8-10 55 28 27 40 21 19 * 5=100
August, 2004 58 27 31 39 22 17 0 3=100
June, 2004 52 19 33 45 22 23 * 3=100
Early February, 2004 53 21 32 44 25 19 0 3=100
Gallup: January 29 - February 1, 2004 52 -- -- 47 -- -- -- 1=100
Gallup: January 2-5, 2004 65 -- -- 35 -- -- -- *=100
Gallup: October 6-8, 2003 60 -- -- 39 -- -- -- 1=100
Gallup: June 9-10, 2003 66 -- -- 33 -- -- -- 1=100
April, 2003 72 37 35 25 11 14 0 3=100
December, 2002 68 35 33 27 11 16 0 5=100
July, 2001 61 22 39 35 14 21 * 4=100
January, 2001 60 24 36 33 12 21 0 7=100
May, 2000 58 18 40 31 12 19 1 10=100
March, 1999 61 21 40 21 7 14 4 14=100
November, 1997 54 13 41 18 6 12 9 19=100
c.F1 British Prime Minister Tony Blair 66 23 43 10 3 7 5 19=100
Late February, 2004 75 37 38 11 4 7 4 10=100
April, 2003 68 32 36 10 3 7 10 12=100
ASK ALL:
Q.10X How worried are you that there will soon be another terrorist attack in the United States? [READ]
Very Somewhat Not too Not at all DK/Refused
worried worried worried worried (VOL)
July, 2005 25 44 19 11 1=100
Mid-October, 2004 17 43 27 12 1=100
August, 2004 20 44 25 10 1=100
July, 2004 17 41 26 15 1=100
June, 2004 25 42 20 12 1=100
Mid-March, 2004 20 42 25 12 1=100
Early February, 2004 13 42 28 16 1=100
Mid-January, 2004 20 45 24 10 1=100
August, 2003 13 45 29 12 1=100
March, 2003 22 42 20 14 2=100
February, 2003 34 41 17 7 1=100
January, 2003 18 50 23 8 1=100
December, 2002 31 42 18 8 1=100
Early October, 2002 20 46 22 11 1=100
Late August, 2002 16 46 25 12 1=100
June, 2002 32 44 17 7 *=100
January, 2002 20 42 28 9 1=100
December, 2001 13 39 27 19 2=100
October 15-21, 2001 29 42 18 10 1=100
October 10-14, 2001 27 40 19 12 2=100
Early October, 2001 28 45 15 11 1=100
Q.24X Do you think that the terrorist attacks over the past few years are a part of a major conflict between the
people of America and Europe versus the people of Islam, or is it only a conflict with a small, radical group?
IF CONFLICT WITH A SMALL RADICAL GROUP (2 IN Q.24X) ASK:
Q.24Y Do you think this conflict is going to grow into a major world conflict, or do you think it will remain
limited to a small, radical group?
Late Aug Mid-Oct
2002 2001
28 Major conflict 35 28
62 Conflict with a radical group 52 63
25 Is going to grow into a major world conflict 19 --
33 Will remain limited to a small, radical group 28 --
4 Don't know/Refused 5 --
10 Don't know/Refused 13 9
100 100 100
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