Americans Decry Iraq War Casualties, Cost (WSJ/NBC)

[struggle4progress]

Polling Data

Form A - When it comes to the war in Iraq, do you think that removing Saddam Hussein from power was or was not worth the number of U.S. military casualties and the financial cost of the war?

Apr. 2006 Mar. 2005 Jan. 2006
Worth it 40% 39% 42%
Not worth it 52% 51% 48%
Depends 4% 6% 5%
Not sure 4% 4% 5%

Form B - An estimated $170 billion U.S. has been spent on the war in Iraq, and approximately 2,400 American soldiers have died. Since the war began, we have overthrown Saddam Hussein, and Iraq has adopted a constitution and an elected government. Would you say the war in Iraq was worth it or not worth it?

Worth it 35%
Not worth it 56%
Depends 5%
Not sure 4%

Source: Hart/McInturff / The Wall Street Journal / NBC News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,109 American adults, conducted from Apr. 21 to Apr. 24, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11731

[Doctor_J]

1. Even the push-poll (Form B) is getting "wrong answers"

too bad we can't actually DO anything with this solid majority.