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
Prefer Americans	29	32	26	27	25	31	43	30	49	6	30	33	34	29	21	28	62	37	20	18	21
Not stated	15	13	15	9	19	13	15	22	11	11	11	17	14	16	15	18	6	27	15	14	18
Comparing your life today with one year ago, is it better or worse?
Much better	10	10	10	8	9	10	15	14	18	1	12	10	14	8	6	8	27	6	5	3	11
A little better	22	24	21	24	22	24	19	22	32	12	24	21	19	25	26	19	34	37	16	17	4
TOTAL BETTER	32	34	31	32	31	34	34	36	50	13	36	31	33	33	32	27	61	43	21	20	15
Unchanged	16	16	16	10	20	18	15	8	15	13	17	22	20	14	13	13	15	8	12	17	13
A little worse	20	20	21	20	20	15	26	22	19	18	20	20	16	19	18	21	14	20	27	20	25
Much worse	27	26	28	33	25	28	20	20	12	53	23	22	26	29	29	35	6	25	36	39	39
TOTAL WORSE	47	46	49	53	45	43	46	42	31	71	43	42	42	48	47	56	20	45	63	59	64
Don t know/Not sure/not stated	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	14	5	3	4	6	5	6	7	4	4	4	5	4	9
How do you expect your life to be in another years time? (Compared to the way it was BEFORE the American/British actions).
Much better	19	21	17	17	15	26	22	24	33	5	23	18	19	17	15	18	44	25	13	9	11
A little better	24	24	25	29	23	20	27	22	29	15	22	25	22	23	29	26	28	37	22	21	14
TOTAL BETTER	43	45	42	46	38	46	49	46	62	20	45	43	41	40	44	44	72	62	35	30	25
Unchanged	13	13	14	11	16	15	8	12	11	14	14	14	11	13	16	12	5	4	14	16	14
A little worse	4	4	4	4	3	6	3	2	2	7	2	8	2	3	6	4	2	0	6	6	7
Much worse	12	13	9	13	11	12	9	10	4	30	12	10	11	14	6	16	3	4	14	21	18
TOTAL WORSE	16	17	13	17	14	18	12	12	6	37	14	18	13	17	12	20	5	4	20	27	25
Don t know/Not sure/not stated	28	25	31	26	31	21	31	30	21	30	27	25	36	31	27	25	19	31	31	28	36
How do you expect your life to be in 5 (FIVE) YEARS time? (Compared to the way it was BEFORE the American/British actions).
Much better	33	36	30	35	30	37	34	32	50	13	35	33	31	28	33	35	62	51	26	20	25
A little better	19	19	19	21	18	21	16	18	20	15	20	24	21	16	17	16	15	18	18	16	13
TOTAL BETTER	52	55	49	56	48	58	50	50	70	28	55	57	52	44	50	51	77	69	44	36	38
Unchanged	7	5	8	9	6	6	2	4	4	8	5	8	8	6	4	11	2	0	7	10	7
A little worse	3	4	1	2	0	4	7	2	1	6	3	2	4	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	7
Much worse	8	8	6	7	10	6	4	8	3	20	7	4	6	11	9	8	2	6	9	14	11
TOTAL WORSE	11	12	7	9	10	10	11	10	4	26	10	6	10	14	12	10	3	6	12	18	18
Don t know/Not sure/not stated	31	28	36	27	36	27	37	36	21	37	30	29	30	37	33	28	19	25	37	36	38
What kind of political/governmental system would you like to see in Iraq?
British/American style democracy. With various political parties competing openly for power	36	41	30	30	33	38	46	58	46	26	50	35	42	33	24	23	51	39	33	30	39
Islamic rule, but tempered to modern ideals of justice and punishment	26	29	24	24	29	26	31	16	28	24	29	24	26	29	30	20	22	25	28	32	9
A single presidential ruler, but not Saddam	7	5	9	7	8	6	3	10	6	5	6	4	6	7	8	8	6	6	8	4	9
Islamic rule in strict accord with the Koran (with Mullahs in charge)	6	7	5	5	7	6	5	6	5	9	4	8	10	6	7	4	7	4	5	7	5
A single party state, with open elections for political post	6	4	7	9	6	4	2	4	3	7	6	2	3	7	11	4	2	4	7	8	18
Return of Saddam Hussein	5	5	6	8	5	4	5	2	1	16	4	1	5	6	3	12	2	6	7	9	14
Other	6	5	8	9	7	4	3	2	5	5	6	3	0	5	13	8	3	4	7	7	5
Don t know/not stated	12	8	14	11	10	15	8	12	9	11	2	22	10	12	8	22	10	16	10	8	11
In 5 (FIVE) YEARS time, what sort of government do you expect there to be in Iraq?
British/American style democracy	32	34	31	31	30	37	33	36	44	19	43	28	32	23	29	29	52	35	29	26	32
Islamic rule, but tempered to modern ideals	20	24	15	18	19	21	27	16	23	17	19	21	30	21	20	14	18	22	22	21	13
Islamic rule in strict accord with the Koran	5	6	2	5	3	6	3	6	5	7	3	6	10	5	5	6	9	0	3	6	4
A single presidential ruler, but not Saddam	5	6	5	6	6	4	4	6	5	5	7	2	2	8	8	3	3	4	5	6	5
A single party state, with open elections for political posts	5	5	6	5	6	6	4	4	3	5	4	8	1	5	7	5	3	6	6	5	9
Saddam Hussein will be back in power	4	5	4	6	4	4	4	0	1	12	4	2	3	3	2	10	1	2	6	7	13
Other	4	4	5	5	5	2	4	4	3	6	5	3	2	6	6	2	1	2	3	6	4
Don t know/not stated	26	18	35	25	29	23	24	30	18	32	18	31	22	32	25	33	16	29	28	27	30
Right now, would you prefer to see the US (and Britain) stay in Iraq or pull out?
Should stay for a few years	31	33	30	33	27	32	34	34	44	14	40	21	32	26	25	31	51	45	27	25	38
Should stay for about a year	25	26	25	26	23	27	26	30	27	20	22	33	24	31	27	22	25	20	24	25	20
Should stay for a while, but leave inside 12 months	20	20	21	18	27	15	18	20	17	25	24	18	18	25	21	14	11	14	26	23	13
Should leave Iraq IMMEDIATELY	13	12	14	18	14	12	12	2	4	35	10	13	14	9	15	22	3	8	14	21	14
No opinion/not stated	11	9	10	6	10	13	10	14	8	6	5	15	13	10	11	12	11	12	10	7	16
How soon should Iraqis be handed political power? (Even if the American forces remain in Iraq).
Straight away	40	39	44	46	40	37	46	26	30	57	39	44	39	43	38	42	30	25	40	46	20
Within three months	11	12	11	9	15	9	7	22	13	10	12	10	11	16	16	7	12	12	14	14	7
Within six months	11	12	10	12	11	13	8	8	14	8	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	12	11	11	13
Within one year	11	12	10	10	13	12	9	12	13	6	12	7	13	11	10	11	12	10	11	10	13
More than one year from now	9	10	8	8	7	10	10	20	13	6	13	7	6	3	8	8	16	14	8	7	13
Iraqis should not be handed political power	7	7	6	7	5	11	4	4	9	4	5	4	8	6	6	14	12	6	6	5	20
Don t know/not stated	10	8	12	9	10	9	15	8	8	8	7	17	12	10	9	9	10	20	9	8	16
Which, if any, of these problems are affecting you personally?
Power cuts (no electricity)	80	79	81	79	76	86	82	86	79	80	82	81	83	82	80	78	85	82	83	84	96
Danger of attack on the streets	67	66	69	70	63	66	65	84	66	68	76	60	58	67	69	67	62	63	75	71	80
Danger of attack in your home/place of work	50	53	48	49	47	53	47	68	44	59	52	42	46	49	54	57	45	51	58	61	77
Lack of clean drinking water	49	50	49	48	46	54	42	70	43	58	56	51	45	47	47	50	46	37	53	61	73
Lack of medical facilities/medicines	33	35	28	28	33	32	35	40	26	41	39	28	32	33	36	29	19	37	41	46	63
Lack of clean washing water	25	25	24	23	22	26	24	40	20	34	29	21	16	27	26	25	21	31	31	36	55
Shortage of food	24	26	22	26	23	21	25	28	20	32	23	23	24	23	26	29	22	33	32	33	54
Businesses closed	21	21	17	22	20	18	20	20	15	27	20	13	20	20	26	24	13	27	27	28	50
Schools closed	17	18	16	18	16	18	17	14	10	26	17	14	15	17	21	20	9	22	23	25	41
Other	9	9	10	12	10	8	6	6	7	12	13	4	3	7	14	9	7	12	10	13	21
None of these	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
Not stated	3	3	3	1	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	4	1	1	4	2	3	3	4
Is Iraq a more dangerous or safer place for you to live since the Americans and British invaded?
Much more dangerous	54	51	56	58	54	55	43	52	38	79	54	55	52	63	50	55	28	35	63	69	66
A little more dangerous	21	22	20	25	22	14	24	16	27	12	22	15	19	16	28	20	30	45	20	18	18
TOTAL DANGEROUS	75	73	76	83	76	69	67	68	65	91	76	70	71	79	78	75	58	80	83	87	84
No real change	10	11	9	6	10	13	10	8	12	6	6	12	18	10	8	10	12	6	6	6	7
A little safer	11	11	11	9	8	14	16	10	16	3	11	8	10	7	11	14	22	10	7	4	4
Much safer	3	3	2	1	3	2	4	10	4	0	5	6	0	2	1	1	7	4	2	1	5
TOTAL SAFER	14	14	13	10	11	16	20	20	20	3	16	14	10	9	12	15	29	14	9	5	9
None of these	1	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
Not stated	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0