(Angus Reid – CPOD Global Scan) – The coalition effort is the top priority in the United States, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 90 per cent of respondents say it is very important for the president and Congress to deal with the situation in Iraq.
(Angus Reid – CPOD Global Scan) – The coalition effort is the top priority in the United States, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 90 per cent of respondents say it is very important for the president and Congress to deal with the situation in Iraq.
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. On Nov. 2, Republican incumbent George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states.
The coalition effort against Saddam Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 1,339 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and more than 9,900 troops have been injured.
Yesterday, Baghdad province governor Ali al-Haidir was assassinated along with two guards in a road ambush. A suicide truck bomb killed 10 people and wounded 60 others in the Iraqi capital.
Terrorism, health care costs, education, the economy and social security were next on the list of issues, followed by unemployment and the federal budget deficit.
Polling Data
How important is it to you that the president and Congress deal with each of the following issues in the next year?
(“Extremely Important” and “Very Important” answers)
The situation in Iraq | 90% |
Terrorism | 87% |
Health care costs | 87% |
Education | 86% |
The economy | 86% |
Social Security | 82% |
Unemployment | 77% |
The federal budget deficit | 77% |
Foreign affairs | 74% |
Energy policies | 72% |
Poverty and homelessness | 71% |
Taxes | 66% |
Immigration | 65% |
The environment | 62% |
Limits on lawsuits | 52% |
Laws to help blacks and | 47% |
Abortion | 41% |
Same-sex marriages | 35% |
Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,002 American adults, conducted from Dec. 17 to Dec. 19, 2004. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
