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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Army Times Poll Results 
The Army Times has published the results of the latest survey of Army Times subscribers, more than 2/3rds of whom are on active duty.

Here are the highlights:

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Pres. Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?

Approve: 63%
Disapprove: 20%
No opinion: 8%
Declined to answer: 9%

Notably, Bush's approval ratings on the war have increased substantially among this group, rising from 56% in 2003 to 63% in 2004.

Civilians polled by the Washington Post/ABC News around the same period (Dec 16-19) broke very differently: 39% approve, 58% disapprove.

The results bespeak a radical dissonance between the way the average American perceives the war - of necessity, as it is portrayed by the media - and how the war is perceived by the soldiers who have actually been on the ground.



Who should be punished for the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq?

Soldiers who abused the prisoners: 74%
Officers in direct command of the prison: 67%
Higher level military commanders: 21%
Civilian policy makers at the Pentagon: 12%
President Bush: 3%
No one should be punished: 10%
No opinion: 6%

Should the United States have gone to war in Iraq?

Yes: 60%
No: 21%
No opinion: 8%
Declined to answer: 10%

Interestingly, the number of Army Times subscribers who felt we should have gone to war in Iraq has decreased from 64% in 2003, at the same time as George Bush's approval ratings regarding the war in Iraq increased sharply among the same population.

How likely do you think U.S. success will be in Iraq?

Very likely to succeed: 38%
Somewhat likely to succeed: 45%
Not very likely to succeed: 12%
Not at all likely to succeed: 2%
No opinion: 4%

These results bespeak a resounding vote of "no confidence" in the way the media portrays the events in Iraq.

It would be interesting to see a breakout of poll results of soldiers currently in Iraq, as they would have the most current perception of goings on over there.

The poll has a margin of error of +/-2.6%.

Now, I know you're just dying to know what the Village Voice has to say about the poll results:

But since the poll's target audience consists of subscribers to military newspapers, the respondents tend to be "older and more career-oriented than the military as a whole," Hodierne tells the Voice. "There's value in that. But it should not be confused with a poll that consists of the entire military." The 21-year-old private, he says, is unlikely to subscribe. Most of those killed in Iraq so far have been younger than 25 and held ranks of corporal or lower.


Yep, if there's a publication anywhere in the world with its finger on the pulse of America's fighting men, it's the Village Voice.

The rest of the mainstream media's coverage of the Military Times poll results is interesting:

Other than USA Today and Phoenix's Arizona Central websit, almost nobody seems to have picked up the story as straight news. One military guest commentator from Fox news mentioned it. CNN didn't run the story, except when Robert Novak mentioned it in an opinion segment.

Most laughably of all, the Seattle Times buries it in paragraph 19 of a 23 paragraph story. The headline:

"Amid Fear: Sunni Party Pulls Out of January Vote."

You'll find it right below a cutesy story about a pair of children who started cell phones for soldiers with 14 dollars from their piggie banks.


Splash, out

Jason

Comments:
I don't see any mention of sample size.

Let me guess - based on the numbers provided, it's about 1,479 (exact number depends on how the error was rounded).

Yes? No?

Big Dirigible
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