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