Table 18-1 Q.16 WHEN YOU DECIDE HOW TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION, HOW IMPORTANT WILL EACH OF THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF ISSUES BE TO YOU?...* U.S. RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 88 39 50 36 32 21 32 15 42 20 27 40 IMPORTANT 14.7 13.5 15.9 14.6 14.3 15.8 14.0 9.4 20.7 11.8 17.9 15.3 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 264 123 142 114 101 50 106 78 78 74 62 123 44.1 42.6 45.4 46.5 45.5 37.2 45.9 50.4 38.6 43.6 41.6 46.8 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 172 85 87 66 62 44 68 41 59 51 43 73 28.7 29.5 27.9 26.9 28.2 32.5 29.6 26.5 29.4 30.3 28.8 27.6 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 43 21 23 21 15 8 14 11 18 15 11 15 7.2 7.3 7.2 8.5 6.8 5.7 6.3 7.2 8.9 9.0 7.5 5.9 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 18 15 3 7 5 5 5 6 1 4 4 5 2.9 5.2 0.9 2.9 2.4 4.0 2.0 4.1 0.6 2.4 2.8 1.9 (NET)-IMPORTANT 525 247 278 216 195 114 206 134 178 145 132 236 --------------- 87.5 85.6 89.2 88.1 87.9 85.5 89.5 86.4 88.8 85.7 88.3 89.7 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 61 36 25 28 20 13 19 18 19 19 15 20 ------------------- 10.2 12.4 8.1 11.4 9.2 9.7 8.2 11.4 9.5 11.5 10.3 7.8 UNSURE 12 6 7 1 5 6 4 3 4 5 1 5 2.0 2.0 2.1 0.5 2.3 4.3 1.9 2.2 1.7 2.8 0.9 2.0 REFUSED 2-2 - 1 1 1 - - - 1 1 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 MEAN 3.62 3.53 3.70 3.62 3.64 3.58 3.65 3.55 3.71 3.55 3.65 3.69 STD. DEV. 0.93 0.99 0.86 0.94 0.90 0.97 0.87 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.96 0.87 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.05 PAGE 1
Table 19-1 Q.17 WHEN YOU DECIDE HOW TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION, HOW IMPORTANT WILL EACH OF THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF ISSUES BE TO YOU?...* NATIONAL DEFENSE AND TERRORISM (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 151 73 78 53 65 33 45 40 60 45 38 62 IMPORTANT 25.1 25.3 24.9 21.4 29.4 24.7 19.7 25.7 29.9 26.7 25.4 23.7 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 283 133 150 122 96 65 107 77 96 89 72 116 47.2 46.1 48.1 49.9 43.4 48.4 46.3 49.6 47.9 52.8 48.1 44.1 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 125 61 64 57 45 22 62 28 33 23 31 65 20.8 21.2 20.4 23.4 20.3 16.6 26.8 17.9 16.6 13.8 20.6 24.9 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 21 10 11 6 8 7 7 6 8 5 6 9 3.5 3.3 3.7 2.6 3.6 5.0 2.9 3.9 4.1 3.2 4.2 3.5 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 8 6 3 5 3 1 3 3-1 2 4 1.4 2.0 0.8 2.0 1.3 0.5 1.5 2.1 0.4 1.3 1.6 (NET)-IMPORTANT 558 267 291 232 206 120 214 145 190 158 141 244 --------------- 93.0 92.6 93.4 94.8 93.1 89.8 92.9 93.3 94.4 93.3 94.1 92.7 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 29 15 14 11 11 7 10 9 8 6 8 13 ------------------- 4.9 5.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.5 4.4 6.0 4.1 3.7 5.4 5.1 UNSURE 10 5 5 2 3 5 5 1 3 5 1 4 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.6 1.5 4.0 2.2 0.8 1.5 3.0 0.4 1.4 REFUSED 2 1 1-1 1 1 - - - - 2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 MEAN 3.93 3.91 3.95 3.87 3.98 3.96 3.82 3.94 4.05 4.05 3.93 3.87 STD. DEV. 0.86 0.89 0.83 0.85 0.88 0.83 0.84 0.88 0.80 0.77 0.86 0.88 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.05 PAGE 2
Table 34-1 Q.31 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS COMES CLOSER TO YOUR POINT OF VIEW: STATEMENT A: THE MEDIA SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME FOCUSING ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US. STATEMENT B: THE MEDIA SHOULD SPEND LESS TIME FOCUSING ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS BECAUSE IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO COVER DOMESTIC NEWS OCCURRING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. STATEMENT C: THE MEDIA SPENDS ABOUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME COVERING FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS. STATEMENT A, STRONGLY 184 86 98 81 69 34 68 43 70 37 45 100 30.7 30.0 31.4 33.1 31.3 25.3 29.5 28.0 34.8 21.8 29.8 38.0 STATEMENT A, NOT SO 38 17 21 15 15 8 10 9 20 14 12 10 STRONGLY 6.4 6.0 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.3 4.2 5.6 9.9 8.3 7.9 3.8 STATEMENT B, STRONGLY 139 76 63 77 39 23 53 41 41 43 39 52 23.1 26.4 20.1 31.5 17.7 16.8 22.9 26.6 20.2 25.2 25.9 19.8 STATEMENT B, NOT SO 22 11 11 10 6 6 8 9 5 7 4 8 STRONGLY 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.0 2.8 4.7 3.4 5.6 2.6 4.3 2.4 3.2 STATEMENT C, STRONGLY 135 60 76 41 67 27 63 27 45 37 38 60 22.6 20.7 24.3 16.7 30.4 20.2 27.1 17.7 22.2 21.9 25.5 22.9 STATEMENT C, NOT SO 39 16 23 11 10 18 15 12 12 14 6 19 STRONGLY 6.6 5.6 7.5 4.6 4.5 13.7 6.4 7.7 5.7 8.6 4.3 7.1 (NET)-STATEMENT A 223 103 119 96 84 42 78 52 90 51 56 110 ----------------- 37.1 35.9 38.2 39.2 38.1 31.6 33.8 33.6 44.7 30.1 37.7 41.8 (NET)-STATEMENT B 161 87 74 87 45 29 61 50 46 50 42 61 ----------------- 26.9 30.3 23.7 35.6 20.5 21.5 26.3 32.2 22.8 29.5 28.2 23.1 (NET)-STATEMENT C 175 76 99 52 77 45 77 39 56 51 45 79 ----------------- 29.1 26.2 31.8 21.3 34.9 33.9 33.5 25.4 27.9 30.4 29.8 30.0 DK/UNSURE 33 15 17 7 10 15 12 13 7 16 6 9 5.5 5.4 5.6 3.0 4.5 11.5 5.1 8.5 3.5 9.5 3.8 3.6 REFUSED 9 6 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 4 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.9 1.9 1.5 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.4 1.5 PAGE 3
Table 38-1 Q.35 WOULD YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE INCREASED FEDERAL AND STATE SPENDING FOR TEACHING GEOGRAPHY, FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES? FAVOR 378 175 203 160 138 79 174 100 100 103 91 177 63.0 60.6 65.1 65.3 62.6 59.3 75.3 64.7 49.6 60.7 60.5 67.2 OPPOSE 168 89 80 67 64 38 37 45 81 53 46 67 28.1 30.9 25.5 27.4 28.8 28.2 16.2 28.8 40.1 31.1 30.6 25.5 DK/UNSURE 48 21 26 15 19 14 15 10 21 14 11 19 7.9 7.4 8.4 6.3 8.4 10.3 6.7 6.2 10.2 8.2 7.3 7.1 REFUSED 6 3 3 3 1 3 4 1 - - 2 1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.2 2.2 1.7 0.3 1.6 0.2 PAGE 4
Table 39-1 Q.36 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS TO BE INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...* THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES AFFECTS OUR ECONOMY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 135 63 72 53 56 26 51 27 55 31 36 61 IMPORTANT 22.5 21.7 23.2 21.5 25.2 19.7 22.1 17.7 27.1 18.5 24.4 23.3 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 292 151 141 118 111 63 102 90 94 87 70 128 48.6 52.4 45.2 48.3 50.1 46.8 44.3 58.0 46.8 51.7 46.5 48.7 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 130 57 73 52 42 36 62 24 41 32 37 58 21.7 19.9 23.4 21.2 19.2 26.8 26.7 15.4 20.2 19.2 25.0 22.0 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 22 5 17 13 5 4 10 9 3 11 2 8 3.6 1.7 5.4 5.3 2.1 3.0 4.1 5.6 1.7 6.5 1.5 3.2 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 9 6 2 4 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 2 1.4 2.2 0.7 1.7 1.6 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.6 0.6 (NET)-IMPORTANT 557 271 286 223 209 125 215 141 189 151 144 247 --------------- 92.8 94.0 91.7 91.0 94.6 93.3 93.1 91.1 94.1 89.4 95.9 93.9 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 30 11 19 17 8 5 12 11 7 14 6 10 ------------------- 5.0 3.9 6.1 7.0 3.8 3.6 5.1 7.4 3.5 8.3 4.1 3.8 UNSURE 9 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 5 4-5 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.5 2.1 1.2 1.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 REFUSED 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - - 1 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 MEAN 3.89 3.92 3.87 3.84 3.97 3.85 3.84 3.86 3.98 3.80 3.89 3.93 STD. DEV. 0.85 0.83 0.86 0.89 0.83 0.80 0.85 0.84 0.85 0.88 0.88 0.80 STD. ERROR 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.05 PAGE 5
Table 40-1 Q.37 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS TO BE INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...* SITUATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES CAN DRAW THE UNITED STATES INTO WARS (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 181 78 103 73 65 43 69 44 65 50 41 82 IMPORTANT 30.2 27.1 33.1 29.9 29.4 32.1 30.1 28.2 32.1 29.9 27.5 31.3 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 254 135 118 101 97 56 94 73 82 76 65 107 42.3 47.0 37.9 41.4 43.8 41.5 40.8 46.8 41.0 45.0 43.3 40.8 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 115 49 66 49 44 22 47 26 39 27 32 54 19.1 17.0 21.1 20.0 20.0 16.1 20.4 16.8 19.6 16.1 21.3 20.7 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 22 9 12 11 4 7 11 5 5 5 7 10 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.4 2.0 5.1 4.8 3.4 2.7 2.9 4.9 3.7 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 7 5 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 5 1 1.2 1.8 0.6 0.8 1.5 1.5 0.3 1.8 1.5 0.3 3.0 0.5 (NET)-IMPORTANT 550 263 287 224 206 120 210 142 186 154 138 244 --------------- 91.7 91.1 92.2 91.3 93.2 89.8 91.3 91.8 92.7 91.0 92.1 92.8 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 29 15 14 13 8 9 12 8 9 5 12 11 ------------------- 4.9 5.1 4.6 5.2 3.5 6.5 5.1 5.2 4.2 3.2 7.9 4.2 UNSURE 17 9 9 7 7 3 7 4 6 10-7 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.7 3.1 5.9 2.8 REFUSED 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - - 1 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 MEAN 4.00 3.98 4.02 3.99 4.01 4.01 3.99 3.99 4.03 4.08 3.87 4.02 STD. DEV. 0.88 0.87 0.89 0.88 0.86 0.92 0.87 0.88 0.89 0.80 0.97 0.86 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.05 PAGE 6
Table 41-1 Q.38 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS TO BE INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...* WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES CAN EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF TERRORISM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 139 76 63 53 51 34 44 39 53 48 36 52 IMPORTANT 23.2 26.2 20.3 21.8 23.1 25.8 19.2 25.0 26.5 28.2 23.8 19.8 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 294 134 159 126 107 60 112 71 105 77 77 130 49.0 46.7 51.1 51.5 48.5 45.1 48.6 46.0 52.2 45.3 51.5 49.7 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 119 58 61 44 48 28 55 30 31 31 24 62 19.9 20.3 19.5 18.0 21.5 20.7 23.8 19.1 15.6 18.4 15.8 23.7 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 18 8 11 8 9 2 10 6 3 3 9 6 3.1 2.7 3.4 3.2 3.9 1.6 4.2 3.6 1.6 1.9 6.1 2.3 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 10 4 7 8 1 2 2 5 4 3 3 5 1.7 1.3 2.1 3.2 0.4 1.2 0.7 3.2 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.8 (NET)-IMPORTANT 552 268 284 224 206 122 211 140 189 155 137 245 --------------- 92.0 93.1 90.9 91.3 93.1 91.5 91.5 90.1 94.3 91.9 91.2 93.2 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 29 11 17 16 10 4 11 11 7 6 12 11 ------------------- 4.8 4.0 5.5 6.4 4.3 2.7 5.0 6.8 3.4 3.5 8.0 4.1 UNSURE 14 6 8 3 6 5 6 4 5 8 1 5 2.3 2.0 2.7 1.2 2.6 3.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 4.6 0.8 1.9 REFUSED 5 3 3 3-2 2 1 - - - 2 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 MEAN 3.92 3.97 3.87 3.88 3.92 3.98 3.84 3.89 4.02 4.01 3.90 3.86 STD. DEV. 0.85 0.84 0.86 0.90 0.81 0.82 0.81 0.94 0.81 0.85 0.90 0.83 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.05 PAGE 7
Table 42-1 Q.39 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS TO BE INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...* IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT CUT ACROSS NATIONAL BORDERS (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 97 47 50 40 37 20 38 27 30 26 28 40 IMPORTANT 16.2 16.5 15.9 16.5 16.5 15.1 16.6 17.2 15.1 15.5 18.7 15.2 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 254 121 133 99 103 52 115 67 68 68 66 114 42.3 42.1 42.5 40.3 46.6 39.1 49.8 43.4 34.1 40.5 43.9 43.2 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 177 81 96 79 56 41 55 47 69 52 42 76 29.5 28.1 30.7 32.4 25.4 31.0 23.8 30.6 34.6 30.9 28.3 28.9 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 39 24 15 20 14 5 13 9 17 12 9 18 6.4 8.3 4.8 8.0 6.2 4.0 5.5 5.7 8.5 6.9 6.1 6.8 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 15 8 7 3 6 6 2-12 4 3 7 2.4 2.8 2.1 1.2 2.7 4.2 0.7 5.7 2.4 2.2 2.8 (NET)-IMPORTANT 528 250 278 218 196 114 208 141 168 147 136 229 --------------- 88.0 86.7 89.2 89.1 88.5 85.2 90.2 91.1 83.7 87.0 90.9 87.3 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 53 32 21 23 20 11 14 9 29 16 12 25 ------------------- 8.9 11.0 6.9 9.3 8.9 8.1 6.2 5.7 14.2 9.3 8.3 9.6 UNSURE 15 5 10 1 6 7 7 4 4 6 1 7 2.4 1.7 3.1 0.5 2.7 5.6 2.9 2.5 2.1 3.8 0.8 2.7 REFUSED 4 2 3 3-1 1 1 - - - 1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.4 MEAN 3.65 3.63 3.68 3.64 3.70 3.61 3.79 3.74 3.45 3.62 3.71 3.63 STD. DEV. 0.92 0.95 0.88 0.90 0.92 0.96 0.82 0.81 1.04 0.92 0.91 0.93 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.06 PAGE 8
Table 43-1 Q.40 HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS TO BE INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...* WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS ABROAD (5)-ONE OF THE MOST 89 42 47 33 41 15 24 28 32 22 25 38 IMPORTANT 14.9 14.7 15.1 13.6 18.4 11.5 10.5 18.2 16.1 13.3 16.5 14.6 (4)-VERY IMPORTANT 235 114 121 98 91 47 101 64 68 62 63 104 39.2 39.7 38.7 40.0 41.1 34.8 43.9 41.1 33.7 36.8 42.4 39.6 (3)-SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 189 90 99 80 62 47 76 44 66 55 44 86 31.5 31.3 31.7 32.8 28.1 34.8 32.9 28.5 33.0 32.2 29.1 32.7 (2)-NOT TOO IMPORTANT 52 25 27 21 18 13 19 14 20 19 13 20 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.1 9.7 8.2 8.9 9.7 11.4 8.5 7.7 (1)-NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 18 8 10 7 4 7 5 2 10 5 4 8 2.9 2.7 3.1 2.7 1.9 5.0 2.3 1.5 4.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 (NET)-IMPORTANT 514 247 267 212 194 108 201 136 166 139 132 228 --------------- 85.6 85.7 85.5 86.3 87.6 81.1 87.3 87.9 82.8 82.4 88.0 86.8 (NET)-NOT IMPORTANT 70 33 37 28 22 20 24 16 29 25 17 28 ------------------- 11.6 11.5 11.7 11.3 10.1 14.7 10.5 10.3 14.6 14.5 11.4 10.7 UNSURE 11 4 7 4 4 3 3 2 5 5 1 4 1.8 1.4 2.3 1.7 1.8 2.3 1.5 1.1 2.5 3.1 0.6 1.6 REFUSED 6 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 - - - 2 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 MEAN 3.56 3.56 3.56 3.54 3.67 3.40 3.53 3.67 3.48 3.47 3.62 3.56 STD. DEV. 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.93 0.94 1.00 0.88 0.93 1.04 0.98 0.96 0.94 STD. ERROR 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.06 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.06 PAGE 9
Table 47-1 Q.43 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS COMES CLOSER TO YOUR POINT OF VIEW: STATEMENT A: IT S BEST FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY TO BE ACTIVE IN WORLD AFFAIRS. STATEMENT B: WE SHOULD PAY LESS ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS OVERSEAS AND CONCENTRATE ON PROBLEMS HERE AT HOME. STATEMENT A, STRONGLY 258 121 137 108 97 52 108 57 87 62 69 122 43.0 41.9 44.0 44.1 44.0 39.2 46.9 36.6 43.2 36.9 45.9 46.3 STATEMENT A, NOT SO 46 20 26 20 18 8 18 10 17 14 9 22 STRONGLY 7.7 7.0 8.3 8.2 7.9 6.3 8.0 6.2 8.6 8.4 5.9 8.5 STATEMENT B, NOT SO 75 40 35 31 25 20 23 25 28 18 23 32 STRONGLY 12.6 14.0 11.2 12.5 11.2 14.9 9.9 16.1 13.8 10.6 15.4 12.1 STATEMENT B, STRONGLY 174 86 89 76 65 33 68 48 55 60 43 66 29.0 29.7 28.4 31.1 29.4 24.7 29.5 31.1 27.6 35.6 29.0 25.0 (NET)-STATEMENT A 304 141 163 128 115 61 126 66 104 76 77 144 ----------------- 50.6 48.9 52.3 52.3 52.0 45.5 54.8 42.8 51.8 45.3 51.8 54.8 (NET)-STATEMENT B 250 126 124 107 90 53 91 73 83 78 66 97 ----------------- 41.6 43.7 39.6 43.6 40.6 39.6 39.4 47.2 41.3 46.2 44.3 37.1 DK/UNSURE 40 19 21 8 15 17 11 14 13 14 6 19 6.6 6.4 6.7 3.2 6.9 12.4 4.8 9.2 6.4 8.1 3.9 7.3 REFUSED 7 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 1-2 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.5 2.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.8 PAGE 10
Table 48-1 Q.44 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* THE GLOBAL ECONOMY VERY INTERESTED 313 147 166 128 124 61 118 77 110 81 76 150 52.1 50.9 53.3 52.2 56.0 45.6 51.2 49.5 54.9 47.9 50.5 57.0 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 206 98 108 88 72 46 79 58 67 59 61 80 34.3 33.9 34.7 35.9 32.4 34.4 34.1 37.5 33.5 34.7 40.9 30.6 NOT VERY INTERESTED 65 38 28 26 19 21 27 17 19 27 13 24 10.9 13.0 8.9 10.5 8.4 15.6 11.9 11.0 9.7 15.9 8.5 9.3 UNSURE 8 4 5 1 6 2 5 1 3 2-4 1.4 1.2 1.5 0.3 2.6 1.3 2.1 0.3 1.5 1.0 1.7 REFUSED 8 3 5 2 1 4 1 3 1 1-4 1.3 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.5 3.1 0.6 1.7 0.4 0.5 1.5 PAGE 11
Table 49-1 Q.45 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* HUMAN RIGHTS VERY INTERESTED 356 150 206 156 127 73 159 89 104 106 93 149 59.4 52.1 66.1 63.7 57.4 54.8 68.8 57.2 51.5 62.6 62.4 56.5 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 185 106 80 71 74 40 62 51 68 46 47 87 30.9 36.7 25.6 28.9 33.5 30.1 27.0 32.9 34.0 27.2 31.2 33.0 NOT VERY INTERESTED 43 26 17 16 15 13 7 12 23 12 10 22 7.2 9.1 5.5 6.4 6.7 9.7 2.9 7.6 11.7 7.3 6.4 8.2 UNSURE 6 2 4-2 4 1 2 3 4-1 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.8 3.1 0.6 1.2 1.4 2.4 0.4 REFUSED 9 4 5 2 3 3 1 2 3 1-5 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.5 2.3 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.9 PAGE 12
Table 50-1 Q.46 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* TERRORISM VERY INTERESTED 382 181 201 152 147 83 139 96 141 115 96 164 63.6 62.9 64.3 61.9 66.4 62.2 60.3 61.7 70.3 67.8 64.1 62.3 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 152 73 79 70 54 28 71 40 38 32 41 73 25.4 25.2 25.4 28.6 24.5 20.7 30.6 25.5 19.1 19.1 27.6 27.8 NOT VERY INTERESTED 50 28 22 21 14 15 16 16 17 20 11 19 8.4 9.6 7.2 8.5 6.4 11.6 6.9 10.0 8.7 11.8 7.7 7.1 UNSURE 9 4 5 1 5 3 4 2 4 2 1 3 1.5 1.3 1.7 0.3 2.2 2.5 1.6 1.0 1.8 1.3 0.7 1.3 REFUSED 7 3 4 2 1 4 1 3 - - - 4 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.7 0.5 3.1 0.6 1.7 1.5 PAGE 13
Table 51-1 Q.47 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* RELATIONS AND TRADE WITH CHINA VERY INTERESTED 310 151 159 122 122 66 111 70 123 78 75 149 51.7 52.3 51.1 49.8 55.3 49.0 48.3 45.1 61.0 46.4 50.0 56.7 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 213 104 108 93 77 42 88 65 57 63 60 85 35.5 36.3 34.7 38.1 35.0 31.5 38.0 42.2 28.2 37.5 40.3 32.2 NOT VERY INTERESTED 56 25 31 24 16 16 24 16 15 22 14 20 9.3 8.6 10.0 9.9 7.3 11.8 10.3 10.3 7.4 12.7 9.4 7.8 UNSURE 14 5 8 3 4 6 6 1 6 5-5 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.3 1.9 4.6 2.8 0.7 3.0 2.9 0.3 1.9 REFUSED 8 3 5 2 1 4 1 3 1 1-4 1.3 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.5 3.1 0.6 1.7 0.4 0.5 1.5 PAGE 14
Table 52-1 Q.48 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* UPRISINGS ACROSS MANY ARAB AND MUSLIM COUNTRIES SINCE LAST SPRING VERY INTERESTED 251 117 133 101 94 56 93 52 98 65 69 113 41.8 40.7 42.7 41.1 42.6 41.5 40.2 33.6 48.7 38.4 46.3 43.0 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 198 98 99 84 79 35 86 59 51 51 47 93 32.9 34.1 31.9 34.4 35.6 25.8 37.3 38.4 25.2 30.3 31.1 35.3 NOT VERY INTERESTED 126 63 63 56 39 31 43 38 43 47 33 44 21.0 21.9 20.2 22.7 17.7 23.3 18.7 24.8 21.4 27.7 22.1 16.9 UNSURE 18 6 12 3 6 9 7 3 7 6 1 8 3.0 2.1 3.8 1.1 2.6 7.1 3.1 2.2 3.6 3.6 0.5 2.9 REFUSED 8 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 - - 5 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.7 1.5 2.3 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.9 PAGE 15
Table 53-1 Q.49 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* IRAN GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS VERY INTERESTED 364 178 186 144 145 75 128 94 136 105 86 165 60.7 61.7 59.8 58.9 65.4 56.2 55.6 60.4 67.7 62.4 57.4 62.9 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 145 74 71 63 50 32 65 41 37 39 42 59 24.2 25.8 22.6 25.7 22.7 23.8 28.0 26.3 18.4 22.8 28.1 22.6 NOT VERY INTERESTED 73 30 42 31 22 20 32 17 22 21 22 28 12.1 10.6 13.6 12.6 9.9 15.1 14.0 11.3 10.8 12.5 14.6 10.7 UNSURE 11 4 7 4 3 3 4 2 5 3-7 1.9 1.3 2.4 1.8 1.5 2.5 1.8 1.0 2.7 1.8 2.8 REFUSED 7 2 5 2 1 3 1 2 1 1-3 1.1 0.6 1.6 1.0 0.5 2.3 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.0 PAGE 16
Table 54-1 Q.50 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* WAR IN AFGHANISTAN VERY INTERESTED 315 154 161 124 120 71 127 65 116 85 75 148 52.5 53.4 51.6 50.6 54.2 53.2 55.1 41.7 57.8 50.1 50.3 56.3 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 186 86 100 81 73 31 64 61 58 52 53 74 31.0 29.8 32.0 33.2 33.0 23.5 27.9 39.7 28.8 30.8 35.7 28.2 NOT VERY INTERESTED 73 39 34 36 20 18 29 23 20 25 18 30 12.2 13.5 11.0 14.6 8.9 13.2 12.6 14.8 9.8 14.8 12.2 11.3 UNSURE 16 7 9 2 6 8 6 3 6 4 2 7 2.6 2.4 2.8 0.7 2.8 5.7 2.6 2.0 3.2 2.5 1.3 2.7 REFUSED 11 3 8 2 2 6 4 3 1 3 1 4 1.8 0.9 2.5 1.0 1.0 4.4 1.9 1.7 0.4 1.8 0.4 1.5 PAGE 17
Table 55-1 Q.51 HERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR TOPICS THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY, MIGHT DISCUSS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. FOR EACH ISSUE OR TOPIC, TELL ME WHETHER YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED, SOMEWHAT INTERESTED OR NOT VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CANDIDATES THOUGHTS AND POSITIONS ON EACH ISSUE....* THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN EUROPE VERY INTERESTED 198 88 110 70 80 48 67 41 83 47 52 97 33.0 30.6 35.2 28.7 36.0 35.9 29.2 26.5 41.3 27.6 34.6 36.9 SOMEWHAT INTERESTED 259 141 117 109 99 51 109 61 85 70 68 115 43.1 49.0 37.6 44.7 44.6 37.8 47.1 39.5 42.3 41.3 45.4 43.6 NOT VERY INTERESTED 121 51 69 58 37 26 44 47 28 45 29 43 20.1 17.8 22.2 23.6 16.6 19.4 19.2 30.3 13.9 26.8 19.4 16.5 UNSURE 17 6 12 6 6 6 8 4 5 7-6 2.9 2.0 3.8 2.4 2.8 4.1 3.6 2.7 2.5 4.3 0.3 2.5 REFUSED 5 2 4 2-4 2 2 - - 1 2 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.7 2.8 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.6 PAGE 18