Where are the opinion polls about the war?
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Friday February 14, 2003 16:02
by Markos - adhoc
Gvt. popularity, yes but how do Irish people as a whole feel about the war
The Poll today in the Irish Times shows slippage in the support for this government and its leader. While Indymedia readers will not find this surprising, what I find puzzling is the marked absence of opinion polls about attitudes towards any forthcoming war on Iraq.
Surely this is the burning issue of the year -- where are the opinion polls about it? Are the traditional media scared of running them, or is there another reason why they are shying away from running one?
Whether an opinion poll can be trusted is another issue entirely but at least there should be one done which we could disagree or agree with.
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The RTE one said 73% dont agree with 'pre'emptive' strike withont UN backing
This is taken from the Irish Times website:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2003/0214/breaking91.htm
Poll shows voters disapprove of US troops using Shannon
By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Irish voters strongly disapprove of the use of Shannon Airport by US troops with or without UN backing for military action in Iraq according to the results of the latest Irish Times/MRBI opinion poll.
The latest poll found some 54 per cent of voters disapproved of the Government's current policy of allowing planes carrying US soldiers and their weapons to stop at Shannon en route to the Gulf.
Just 36 per cent of voters said they approved of the policy while 10 per cent said they had no opinion.
In the event of the UN Security Council passing a new resolution backing military action in Iraq, 49 per cent of people still disapproved of the airport being used by US troops while 42 per cent said they would approve of its use under such circumstances.
If the US were to take military action on Iraq in the absence of UN backing, 68 per cent of voters said they would disapprove of allowing US troops to use Shannon while 21 per cent said they approved, 11 per cent said they did not know.
The latest poll was conducted on Monday and Tuesday among a national quota sample of 1,000 voters at 100 sampling points throughout all constituencies in the State.
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