POLL: Pew 2008, Veterans
Eric Dienstfrey | March 29, 2007
Additional results from a recent Pew Research Center national survey (analysis, results) of 1,503 adults (conducted 3/21 through 3/25) finds:
- Pew asked 1,246 registered voters -- both Democrats and Republicans -- to choose from a list of eight Democratic candidates. Of these, 39% would like to see Sen. Hillary Clinton receive the Democratic nomination; 38% say Barack Obama. From a list of nine Republican candidates, 43% of all registered voters would like to see former Mayor Rudy Giuliani receive the Republican nomination; 40% say Sen. John McCain.
- 72% of Americans do not think the government gives enough support to soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan; 21% think it does.
- 57% think "the incidents at Walter Reed Army Hospital" represent a common problem with the quality of care given to returning soldiers; 18% think the incidents were unusual.