ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Politics and International Relations, 2005

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CASUALTY Again thinking about the goals versus the costs of the war, so far in your opinion has there been an acceptable or unacceptable number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq?   1) Acceptable   2) Unacceptable   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Acceptable	307	30.9%	30.9%	-.76
Unacceptable	659	66.4%	97.3%	.13
DK/No opinion	27	2.7%	100%	5.46

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Region

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Acceptable	26.0% 38	33.9% 59	31.0% 67	31.8% 89	29.6% 45	30.8% 298
Unacceptable	71.9% 105	64.4% 112	66.2% 143	65.0% 182	66.4% 101	66.4% 643
DK/No opinion	2.1% 3	1.7% 3	2.8% 6	3.2% 9	3.9% 6	2.8% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 174	100.0% 216	100.0% 280	100.0% 152	968

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school grad	Graduated high school or technical school	Some college	Graduated College	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Acceptable	12.3% 7	28.4% 79	33.2% 98	37.0% 77	29.3% 43	30.9% 304
Unacceptable	80.7% 46	70.5% 196	63.4% 187	60.1% 125	68.0% 100	66.4% 654
DK/No opinion	7.0% 4	1.1% 3	3.4% 10	2.9% 6	2.7% 4	2.7% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 278	100.0% 295	100.0% 208	100.0% 147	985

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	35.6% 189	25.5% 118	30.9% 307
Unacceptable	61.2% 325	72.3% 334	66.4% 659
DK/No opinion	3.2% 17	2.2% 10	2.7% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 531	100.0% 462	993

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 35 thousand dollars	35 to 50 thousand	50 to 75 thousand	75 to 100 thousand	More than 100 thousand	TOTAL
Acceptable	26.1% 52	30.1% 50	34.9% 58	39.0% 55	32.7% 51	32.1% 266
Unacceptable	71.4% 142	66.9% 111	62.0% 103	59.6% 84	63.5% 99	65.1% 539
DK/No opinion	2.5% 5	3.0% 5	3.0% 5	1.4% 2	3.8% 6	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 166	100.0% 166	100.0% 141	100.0% 156	828

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other race	TOTAL
Acceptable	32.8% 263	8.2% 5	26.0% 13	25.0% 2	27.7% 13	30.6% 296
Unacceptable	64.2% 514	91.8% 56	68.0% 34	75.0% 6	72.3% 34	66.6% 644
DK/No opinion	3.0% 24	0.0% 0	6.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 801	100.0% 61	100.0% 50	100.0% 8	100.0% 47	967

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	South (Census Division 5,6,7)	West (Census Division 8,9)	TOTAL
Acceptable	27.0% 51	31.1% 70	33.6% 120	29.7% 66	30.9% 307
Unacceptable	70.9% 134	66.7% 150	63.3% 226	67.1% 149	66.4% 659
DK/No opinion	2.1% 4	2.2% 5	3.1% 11	3.2% 7	2.7% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 225	100.0% 357	100.0% 222	993