YouGov Survey Results
Baghdad's View on the War	*The data in the Sample Size row represents the actual number of people asked, out of a total of 798 people. Not all people answered every question and in the final columns people were able to select more than one option.
	**The remaining numbers represent the percentage of those people, whose column the figure rests in, that agree with the stated opinion.
		E.g. 53% of 436 Males believed it was America and Britain's war against Saddam was right, as opposed to 47% of the 324 Females asked.
Sample Size: 798		or 47% of all those asked believed the main reason was to secure oil supplies.
Fieldwork: 8th - 10th July 2003
		Gender		Age					Was war right or wrong?		Work						What do you think was / were the man reason(s) for America and Britain’s actions?
	Total	Male	Female	25 and Under	26 to 35	36 to 45	46 to 55	56 and over	Right	Wrong	Profess-ional / Manag-erial	"White Collar"	Manual	Govt employee	Other	Not working	Liberation	Find / destroy WMDs	Secure oil supplies	Help Israel	To protect Kuwait
Sample Size*:	798	436	324	223	237	164	98	50	397	218	218	91	95	110	99	147	183	49	377	325	56
Do you think that America and Britain s war against Saddam s regime was right or wrong?
Right	50	53	47	46	49	54	56	50	100	0	46	52	52	47	50	53	86	59	43	34	25
Wrong	27	26	28	26	27	29	28	30	0	100	33	24	32	32	22	22	4	14	35	46	50
No opinion/not stated	23	21	25	29	23	17	16	20	0	0	21	24	17	21	28	25	10	27	22	21	25
What do you think was / were the man reason(s) for America and Britain’s actions?
To secure oil supplies	47	48	46	47	51	50	40	40	41	60	51	39	43	49	53	44	26	35	100	55	79
To help Israel	41	46	34	38	45	32	47	40	28	68	49	37	37	45	42	33	19	35	47	100	89
To liberate the people of Iraq from dictatorship	23	25	21	22	20	24	31	26	40	3	20	32	26	19	15	25	100	31	13	11	23
To protect Kuwait	7	8	6	5	7	7	6	10	4	13	7	10	8	7	6	5	7	16	12	15	100
To find and destroy weapons of mass destruction (e.g. chemical and biological weapons)	6	6	7	6	5	5	12	8	7	3	8	3	3	6	5	8	8	100	5	5	14
Some other reason	10	11	10	9	10	15	9	6	9	9	13	8	6	13	11	8	4	0	5	7	14
Don t know/not stated	8	7	9	7	9	6	7	16	7	3	4	12	11	7	7	11	0	0	0	0	0
What is your view towards the American and British forces currently stationed in Iraq? Do you feel ...
Very friendly towards them	8	11	4	9	5	7	10	16	14	1	11	8	8	5	8	7	24	12	5	4	16
Fairly friendly towards them	18	17	18	19	17	20	13	16	28	3	12	20	21	15	23	20	32	33	15	10	14
TOTAL FRIENDLY	26	28	22	28	22	27	23	32	42	4	23	28	29	20	31	27	56	45	20	14	30
Neither friendly nor hostile towards them	50	45	60	49	51	52	58	38	48	48	55	52	48	58	41	46	37	45	55	49	52
Fairly hostile towards them	9	11	7	8	13	6	7	10	5	18	6	9	11	12	14	5	2	0	12	16	4
Very hostile towards them	9	11	7	13	8	9	7	6	2	27	11	7	5	6	11	13	2	2	10	17	9
TOTAL HOSTILE	18	22	14	21	21	15	14	16	7	45	17	16	16	18	25	18	4	2	22	33	13
No opinion/not stated	6	6	4	3	6	6	4	14	3	3	5	6	6	6	2	8	4	8	3	4	5
If you HAD to choose, would you rather live under Saddam or the Americans?
Prefer Saddam	9	9	9	12	8	10	6	10	3	26	7	8	13	6	4	18	4	12	12	15	29
No preference	47	46	50	52	49	46	36	38	38	57	52	43	40	49	60	35	27	25	53	54	32