ABC News 9/11 Anniversary Poll, September 2006

This special topic poll, conducted September 5-7, 2006, is
a part of a continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public
opinion on the presidency and on a range of political and social
issues. The focus of this poll was the fifth anniversary of the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Respondents were asked whether
they approved of the way President George W. Bush was handling the
presidency and issues such as the campaign against terrorism and the
situation in Iraq. Information was collected on how closely
respondents were following the upcoming congressional and
gubernatorial election, whether they would vote for a Democratic or
Republican candidate if the election for the United States House of
Representatives were being held that day, and the single most
important issue in their vote for Congress members. Other questions
asked which political party they trusted to do a better job handling
the main problems the nation would face over the next few years, and
whether they approved of the way Congress and their own representative
to the United States House of Representatives were handling their
jobs. Views were also sought on the war in Iraq and Donald Rumsfield's
handling of his job as Secretary of Defense. Respondents were asked
how well they thought the campaign against terrorism was going,
whether the country was safer from terrorism compared to before
September 11, 2001, and whether Osama bin Laden would have to be
captured or killed for the war on terrorism to be a success.
Information was collected about the impact of the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks on respondents' lives, how concerned they were about
the possibility of more major terrorist attacks in the United States,
how much confidence they had in the government's ability to prevent
another major terrorist attack, whether the federal government was
intruding on the privacy rights of Americans in its investigation of
possible terrorist attacks, and whether this intrusion was
justified. Additional topics addressed the religion of Islam, new
airport security measures, and how proud they felt to be an
American. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education
level, household income, voter registration and participation history,
political party affiliation, political philosophy, employment status,
marital status, and type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural).