December 15, 2005

Interesting Exit Poll

Here is some exit polling that was done in Najaf (via Instapundit):

We have also conducted a little survey near one of the polling centers; we distributed 70 forms and asked 70 voters to fill them out. Our questions were:

Who did you vote for? The results were:
46 for the UIA, 14 for Allawi, 8 for list#541 and one vote for each of the lists 696 and 835.

What made you vote for this list? The answers were:
47 for “they can improve security”, 11 for “ending the presence of foreign troops”, 6 for “social and religious values” and 6 for “improving security and reconstruction”.

What is the biggest problem facing Iraqis?

Almost all the answers mentioned security concerns.

What affected your vote?
The answers included personal opinion and religious beliefs.

70 people participated in the survey (46 males and 24 females) and their ages ranged from 18 to 75 and their education ranged from elementary school to master degrees.

Take this data with a grain of salt, as the sketchiness and unreliability of exit polling data is well known. But I find it interesting that in Najaf, the city that radical Shiite Cleric, al-Sadr's militia once held before U.S. troops utterly smashed them, had such a low percentage of people who's main priority was "ending the presence of foreign troops." Actually, the U.S. might have anihilated them completely if they hadn't sought refuge in a religious shrine.

Granted, al-Sadr's guys aren't part of a massive popular movement, but I thought the poll was interesting nonetheless.

Posted by 10 fingers 6 strings at December 15, 2005 11:23 AM | TrackBack
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Uh...Halliburton...?

Posted by: Ian Wood at December 16, 2005 01:22 PM
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