AP poll method, questions and results

The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on public attitudes about President Bush and the nation's direction was conducted Monday through Wednesday and is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.

Results were weighted to represent the population by demographic factors such as age, sex, region, race and income.

No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 3 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all people in the U.S. were polled.

There are other sources of potential error in polls, including the wording and order of questions. Results may not total 100 percent because of rounding. An "X" signifies less than 1 percent.

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(Results from early March are in parentheses)

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1. Generally speaking, would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

_Right direction, 27 percent (29)

_Wrong track, 70 percent (68)

_Not sure, 3 percent (3)

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2. Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

_Approve, 35 percent (35)

_Disapprove, 62 percent (65)

_Mixed feelings, 3 percent (1)

_Not sure, X percent (X)

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3. And when it comes to handling the economy, do you approve or disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?

_Approve, 38 percent (41)

_Disapprove, 60 percent (57)

_Mixed feelings, 2 percent (1)

_Not sure, X percent (1)

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4. And when it comes to domestic issues like health care, education and the environment, do you approve or disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?

_Approve, 34 percent (37)

_Disapprove, 63 percent (61)

_Mixed feelings, 3 percent (2)

_Not sure, X percent (1)

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5. When it comes to handling foreign policy issues and the war on terrorism, do you approve or disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?

_Approve, 37 percent (38)

_Disapprove, 60 percent (61)

_Mixed feelings, 2 percent (1)

_Not sure, 1 percent (X)

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6. When it comes to handling the situation in Iraq, do you approve or disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?

_Approve, 33 percent (32)

_Disapprove, 64 percent (66)

_Mixed feelings, 3 percent (1)

_Not sure, X percent (X)

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7. Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way Congress is handling its job?

_Approve, 40 percent (33)

_Disapprove, 57 percent (63)

_Mixed feelings, 2 percent (3)

_Not sure, 1 percent (1)

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(Results to questions 8, 9 from late February in parentheses)

8. All in all, thinking about how things have gone in Iraq since the United States went to war there in March 2003, do you think the United States

_Made the right decision in going to war in Iraq, 39 percent (37)

_Made a mistake in going to war in Iraq, 59 percent (61)

_Not sure, 2 percent (2)

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9. Do you think the war in Iraq is

_A worthy cause, 42 percent (39)

_A hopeless cause, 50 percent (56)

_Both equally, (volunteered) 3 percent (2)

_Neither, (volunteered) 3 percent (2)

_Not sure, 2 percent (1)

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10. Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way the Democrats in Congress are handling the situation in Iraq?

_Approve, 40 percent

_Disapprove, 57 percent

_Have mixed feelings, 2 percent

_Not sure, 1 percent