Attitudes and perspectives

The 'Prince' surveyed the University' undergraduate community about their attitudes and perspectives five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks. The results follow.

1. Have your political views changed since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001?

31.7% Yes, I am more liberal 38.1% No 17.7% Yes, I am more conservative 12.5% Not sure

2. Do you think that change, if any, had something to do with 9/11?

49.8% No 31.3% Yes 18.8% Not sure

3. Before 9/11, with which political party did you most closely identify?

54.7% Democrat 26.6% Republican 18.8% Independent

4. Now, moving into the 2006 midterm elections, with which political party do you most closely identify?

55.7% Democrat 22.9% Independent 21.5% Republican

5. If President Bush could run for a third term in 2008, would you vote for him?

82.2% No 9.0% Yes 8.8% Not sure

7. At the time, did you support the decision to invade Iraq?

54.6% No 32.7% Yes 12.7% Wasn't sure

8. With the information we now have, was the United States right to invade Iraq?

70.6% No 16.4% Yes 13.1% Not sure

9. Do you believe Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11?

74.7% No 17.4% Not sure 8.0% Yes

10. Now, more than three years on, what do you think the United States should do in Iraq?

61.9% Set a timetable for withdrawal 15.6% Maintain troops indefinitely 13.8% None of the above 8.7% Withdraw troops immediately

11. Overall, do you approve of President Bush's conduct of the War on Terror?

72.8% No 17.5% Yes 9.6% Not sure

12. How heavily do the War on Terror and the Iraq war factor into your opinion of the Bush administration?

59.6% Heavily 37.8% Somewhat 2.0% Not very much 0.5% Not sure

13. Should Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld '52 resign, or failing that, be fired for his conduct of the War on Terror and the Iraq war?

44.6% Yes 29.8% Not sure 25.5% No

14. Do you believe the Bush administration's strategy to spread democracy in the Middle East is proving effective?

75.6% No 15.0% Not sure 9.3% Yes

15. Do you believe it's the right strategy?

64.8% No 18.9% Not sure 16.3% Yes

16. Whom do you trust more to keep America safe?

44.4% Neither 33.7% Democrats 21.8% Republicans

17. Since 9/11, the decisions of the Bush administration have been in line with my views ...

47.4% Rarely 26.6% Some of the time 17.3% Never 8.7% Most of the time

18. Do you think the country today is more united or less united than it was before 9/11?

45.6% Less united 31.0% About the same 16.0% More united 7.4% Not sure

19. Is the United States safer today than it was before 9/11?

44.4% No 33.7% Yes 21.8% Not sure

20. Are you personally afraid of being the victim of a terrorist attack?

71.4% No 19.0% Yes 9.6% Not sure

21. Do you feel 9/11 had an impact on your daily life?

52.7% No 39.0% Yes 8.3% Not sure

22. Since 9/11, do you have a more favorable or less favorable view of people of Middle-Eastern descent?

66.3% No change 20.4% Less favorable 8.3% Not sure 5.0% More favorable

23. Since 9/11, do you have a more favorable or less favorable view of Islam?

42.9% No change 36.0% Less favorable 14.7% Not sure 6.4% More favorable

24. Is racial profiling a legitimate tool in the War on Terror?

46.9% Yes 34.9% No 18.2% Not sure

25. Are you willing to give up some of your civil liberties in order to prevent another terrorist attack?

45.7% Yes 35.3% No 19.0% Not sure

26. Since 9/11, do you think the Bush administration has struck an appropriate balance between civil liberties and security?

59.3% No 24.4% Yes 16.4% Not sure

27. Is Princeton doing its part in preparing students for world post-9/11?

56.5% Not sure 28.0% Yes 15.5% No Based on a Daily Princetonian survey of 1,026 students conducted Sept. 6 to Sept. 8. Results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Figures may not add to 100 percent due to bounding..