Support For President Remains High
NBC/WSJ poll shows division on Bush actions before attacks

May 19, 2002

Eight months after the war on terror began, Americans still overwhelmingly support the president. However, when it comes to the actions President Bush could have taken to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks, the public is more divided. Below are the results of the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, in which 602 people were questioned. The poll, conducted May 18, has a margin of error of 4.0 percentage points.
 
  1. In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?
       Approve: 75%
       Disapprove: 18%
       (Previous polling: 4/02 — 74%-20%; 1/02 — 82%-13%; 12/01 — 85%-11%; 11/01 — 88%-7%; 9/01 — 82%-12%; 6/01 — 50%-35%)
       
       2. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the measures the Bush administration took based on the information they had prior to Sept. 11?
       Satisfied with measures: 58%
       Dissatisfied with measures: 31%
       Not sure: 11%
       
       3. Do you think the Bush administration did as much as was reasonable or could have done more to prevent or warn about hijackings?
       Did as much as was reasonable: 53%
       Could have done more: 41%
       Not sure: 6%
       
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