Serbia/Yugoslavia (3)

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Serbia/Yugoslavia (3)
All data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.

June 1999 polls
May 1999 polls
April 1999 polls -- see below
Feb.-March 1999 polls

Polls listed chronologically.

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Latest: April 29-30, 1999. N=751 adults nationwide.
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"Please tell me whether or not you would support sending U.S. ground troops to Yugoslavia in the following circumstance: To force Yugoslav President Milosevic to agree to a NATO peace plan."
		Would	Would Not	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	4/29-30	50	42	8
	4/21-22	46	45	9
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"Now I'd like your opinion about some things that happened recently in the U.S. House of Representatives. What do you think about [see below]? Was this a good thing or a bad thing?"
		Good	Bad	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	"The House saying that the President couldn't order U.S. ground troops into Yugoslavia without first getting congressional approval"
	ALL	55	33	12
	Republicans	66	25	9
	Democrats	53	36	11
	Independents	53	39	8
					.
	"The House refusing to declare its support for the NATO airstrikes against the Serbs"
	ALL	33	49	18
	Republicans	36	41	23
	Democrats	32	56	12
	Independents	32	52	16

The Gallup Poll. Latest: April 26-27, 1999. N=1,073 adults nationwide. (Trend data from Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll.)
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"From what you have heard or read, do you think the Clinton Administration has a clear and well-thought-out policy on the Kosovo situation, or don't you think so?"
		Clear Policy	Don't Think So	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	4/26-27	38	54	8
	4/13-14	41	51	8
	4/6-7	39	50	11
	3/30-31	46	47	7
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"Now thinking about the current situation in Kosovo, would you favor or oppose sending U.S. ground troops, along with troops from other NATO countries, to serve in a combat situation in the region right now?"
		Favor	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	4/26-27	36	60	4
	4/13-14	43	53	4
	4/6-7	41	54	5
					.
"Do you favor or oppose a NATO oil embargo of Yugoslavia?"
		%
	Favor	58
	Oppose	29
	No opinion	13
					.
"Do you favor or oppose a call-up of U.S. military reservists to assist in the NATO air war on Yugoslavia?"
		%
	Favor	46
	Oppose	50
	No opinion	4

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll**. Latest: April 25-26, 1999. N=757 adults nationwide.
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"Suppose the bombing does NOT stop Serbia’s military action in Kosovo. Would you support or oppose the United States and its European allies sending in ground troops to try to end the conflict in Kosovo?"
		Support	Oppose	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	4/25-26	56	40	4
	4/8	57	39	4
	4/5-6	57	39	5
	4/5	55	41	4
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"As you may know, some civilians have been killed in the airstrikes against Serbia by the United States and its European allies. Do you think that the United States and its European allies are not being careful enough to avoid civilian casualties, or do you think these are just unavoidable accidents of war?"
		%
	Not being careful	19
	Unavoidable accidents	78
	No opinion	3
					.
"As of now, which side do you think is winning the Kosovo conflict: Serbia or the United States and its European allies?"
		%
	U.S. and allies	47
	Serbia	25
	Neither/Draw (vol.)	21
	No opinion	6
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"As you may know, the United States is committing additional aircraft to the airstrikes against Serbia, and says it will call up as many as 33,000 members of the military reserves and the National Guard to help support those aircraft. Do you support or oppose this increase in U.S. involvement in the military action against Serbia?"
		%
	Support	62
	Oppose	35
	No opinion	3
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"As you may know, strategy in the military action against Serbia has to be approved by the United States and the European countries in the NATO alliance. How well do you think the NATO allies are working together in deciding how to proceed: very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly or very badly?"
		%
	Very/Somewhat well	73
	Somewhat/Very badly	21
	No opinion	6

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Latest: April 21-22, 1999. N=757 adults nationwide.
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"Please tell me whether or not you would support sending U.S. ground troops to Yugoslavia in each of the following circumstances. What about to enforce a NATO peace plan in Kosovo only after Milosevic has agreed to comply with it?"
		Would	Would Not	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	4/21-22	59	32	9
	4/15-16	63	29	8
	4/8-9	58	33	9

*Gallup/CNN/USA Today* Poll**. April 21, 1999. N=659 adults nationwide.
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"In your opinion, should the United States Congress formally declare war against Yugoslavia, or not?"
		%
	Should declare war	22
	Should not	67
	No opinion	11

*NBC News/Wall Street Journal* Poll** conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). Latest: April 17-19, 1999. N=1,006 adults nationwide.
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		4/17-19	4/5
		%	%
"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Clinton is doing in handling the current situation involving Serbia and Kosovo?"
	Approve	52	54
	Disapprove	37	35
	Not sure	11	11
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the United States and NATO conducting military airstrikes against Serbian targets?"
	Approve	60	64
	Disapprove	32	27
	Not sure	8	9
				.
"Do you think that military airstrikes against Serbia will be enough to bring about a resolution to the conflict in Kosovo, or do you think that the U.S. will have to send in ground troops to achieve our objectives?"
	Airstrikes enough	14
	Ground troops needed	71
	Neither/Other (vol.)	7
	Not sure	8
				.
Half sample: "Do you think that the U.S. and its NATO allies did or did not misjudge the ability of President Milosevic and the Serb military to withstand airstrikes?"
	Did misjudge	66
	Did not	22
	Not sure	12
				.
"With respect to the United States' military involvement in Serbia, do you think that the U.S. should (a) step up its military actions, (b) scale back its military actions, or (c) maintain its current level of military actions?"
	Step up	39	37
	Scale back	17	19
	Maintain current level	35	35
	Depends (vol.)	3	3
	Not sure	6	6

Pew Research Center Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Assoc. April 15-18, 1999. N=1,000 adults nationwide.
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"Do you think the airstrikes will be enough to make Yugoslav President Milosevic comply fully with the peace plan, or do you think NATO ground forces will be required?"
		%
	Airstrikes enough	19
	Ground forces required	65
	Don't know	16

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. April 15-16, 1999. N=751 adults nationwide.
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"At what point do you think NATO should stop the airstrikes against Serb forces and other targets in Yugoslavia? (A) When Milosevic agrees to all current NATO demands to withdraw his forces from Kosovo and allow the refugees to return home with international peacekeepers. (B) As soon as Milosevic begins to withdraw his forces from Kosovo, even if he hasn't agreed to all of NATO's demands. (C) Immediately, to provide the best conditions for peace negotiations."
				%
	A. When Milosevic agrees to NATO demands			57
	B. When Milosevic begins withdrawing forces			13
	C. Immediately			24
	Don't know			6
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"Do you think the recent civilian deaths and casualties that have been linked to NATO airstrikes show that such attacks are too dangerous to continue, or do you think the airstrikes are too important to stop, despite the chances of civilian casualties?"
		ALL	Men	Women
		%	%	%
	Too dangerous to continue	26	22	30
	Too important to stop	65	72	59
	Don't know	9	6	11

CBS News Poll. Latest: April 13-14, 1999. N=878 adults nationwide.
						.
For this question, current results are from 4/14 only : "Do you think peace in Yugoslavia is worth the loss of American life and the other costs of attacking Yugoslavia, or not?"
		4/14	4/5-6	4/1	3/28	3/24
		%	%	%	%	%
	Worth it	32	44	31	36	34
	Not worth it	52	45	52	54	52
	Don't know/No answer	16	11	17	10	14
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		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
"Do you think the current conflict in Kosovo will be over in just a few weeks, or do you think it is more likely to continue for several months, or do you think it's likely to continue for a year or longer?"
	Weeks	7	6	11	5
	Months	49	47	51	48
	Year or longer	37	40	31	39
	Don't know/No answer	7	7	7	8
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"Given what you know right now, which would you prefer the United States and NATO to do in the conflict in Kosovo: (1) send ground troops, or (2), continue the airstrikes but don't send ground troops, or (3) withdraw their forces before becoming more deeply involved?"
	Send in ground troops	24	23	25	23
	Continue airstrikes	43	46	41	42
	Withdraw forces	27	27	27	26
	Don't know/No answer	6	4	7	9

The Harris Poll. April 8-13, 1999. N=1,006 adults nationwide.
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"Do you think the U.S. government's bombing Serb targets was the right or the wrong decision?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Right	61	53	70	61
	Wrong	29	40	19	29
	Don't know	10	6	11	11
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"If NATO decides to send in a multinational force to protect the people of Kosovo from the Serbs and the Yugoslav army, would you support or oppose sending U.S. troops into Kosovo as part of this NATO force?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Support	62	57	67	58
	Oppose	31	37	25	37
	Don't know	7	6	9	5
						.
"Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? . . ."
		Agree	Dis- agree	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	"If we don't fight to stop Milosevic and the Serbs now, we will probably have a bigger battle later on."
		77	19	5
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	"We must not allow Milosevic and the Serbs to succeed in forcing the Albanians to leave Kosovo."
		72	20	8
						.
	"Kosovo is a European problem which Europe should be able to handle without American troops."
		45	52	3
						.
	"It's not worth risking American lives to bring peace in Kosovo."
		41	53	7
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"Which do you think would be worse: allowing Milosevic and the Serbs to succeed in forcing the Albanians out of Kosovo, or fighting the Serbs and the Yugoslav army to make Kosovo safe for the Albanians who live there?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Allowing the Albanians to be forced out of Kosovo	50	50	54	46
	Fighting the Serbs and the Yugoslav army	40	39	37	46
	Don't know	10	10	10	9

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Latest: April 8-9, 1999. N=751 adults nationwide.
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the President's decision to have U.S. military forces join the NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia over the issues of Kosovo?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Approve	54	51	65	52
	Disapprove	34	41	21	37
	Don't know	12	8	14	11
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"Do you think the airstrikes will be enough to force Yugoslav President Milosevic to agree to a NATO peace plan, or do you think ground forces will be required?"
		%
	Airstrikes enough	15
	Ground forces required	71
	Don't know	14
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"Milosevic has called for a cease-fire to hostilities in Kosovo. NATO has rejected this offer and has continued its airstrikes on Yugoslavia. Do you think NATO is doing the right thing by ignoring this offer, or not?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Yes	64	64	69	61
	No	23	24	17	28
	Don't know	13	12	14	11
						.
"Please tell me whether you think each of the following should or should not be a goal of U.S. policy in Yugoslavia. (First,) should this be a goal: [see below]?"
		Should	Should Not	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	"To guarantee the return of ethnic Albanian refugees to their former homes in Kosovo"
	4/8-9	87	9	4
	4/1-2	78	15	7
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	"To partition Kosovo and protect safe havens for the ethnic Albanians still there"
	4/8-9	75	14	11
	4/1-2	75	17	8
						.
	"To defeat the Serbian army and remove Milosevic from power"
	4/8-9	73	22	5
						.
"Would you support a semi-permanent peacekeeping force in Kosovo and other troubled areas in the Balkans?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Yes	65	60	73	65
	No	28	36	21	28
	Don't know	7	4	6	7

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Latest: April 7-8, 1999. N=921 registered voters nationwide.
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"Do you think U.S. ground troops will need to be used to achieve our objectives in Kosovo?"
		%
	Yes	59
	No	29
	Not sure	12
				.
"If a peace treaty is signed in Kosovo do you think the U.S. should send ground troops to help enforce the peace?"
		4/7-8	3/24-25
		%	%
	Yes	60	48
	No	34	43
	Not sure	6	9
				.
"Do you favor or oppose the use of U.S. ground troops to protect Albanian refugees?"
		%
	Favor	63
	Oppose	27
	Not sure	10

*Gallup/CNN/USA Today* Poll**. April 6-7, 1999. N=1,055 adults nationwide.
			.
"Now thinking about the current situation in Kosovo, would you favor or oppose sending U.S. ground troops, along with troops from other NATO countries, to serve in a combat situation in the region right now?"
		%
	Favor	41
	Oppose	54
	No opinion	5
			.
"What is your best guess about the future of U.S. military involvement in Kosovo? Do you think U.S. ground troops will or will not be sent to Kosovo?"
		%
	Will be	78
	Will not be	15
	No opinion	7
			.
"Do you think the United States does or does not have a moral obligation to use U.S. ground troops to help the refugees from Kosovo return to their homes and live in peace?"
		%
	Does	69
	Does not	26
	No opinion	5

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll**. Latest: April 5-6, 1999. N=1,011 adults nationwide.
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		4/5-6	4/5
		%	%
"So far, would you say the conflict in Serbia is going better than you expected for the United States and its allies, worse than expected, or is it going about the way you expected?"
	Better	5	3
	Worse	32	34
	About as expected	57	57
	No opinion	6	6
				.
"Do you feel you have a good understanding of what America and its allies are attempting to accomplish by attacking Serbia, or not?"
	Yes	66	70
	No	31	29
	No opinion	2	2
				.
"Suppose the bombing does NOT stop Serbia’s military action in Kosovo. Would you support or oppose the United States and its European allies sending in ground troops to try to end the conflict in Kosovo?"
	Support	57	55
	Oppose	39	41
	No opinion	5	4
				.
"Just your best guess, do you think airstrikes WILL be enough to stop Serbia from continuing its attacks in Kosovo, or do you think ground troops will have to be sent in to try to end the conflict?"
	Airstrikes will be enough	27	25
	Ground troops needed	66	68
	No opinion	7	7
				.
"In addition to participating in the allied bombing of Serbia, the United States is now sending combat helicopters to attack Serbian troops in Kosovo. Do you see this as part of the airstrikes against Serbia, or do you see it as a first step in a ground war?"
	Part of airstrikes	39
	First step in ground war	55
	No opinion	6
				.
"Please tell me if you agree or disagree with the following statement: It would be worth the loss of some American soldiers' lives if the United States could help bring peace to Kosovo."
	Worth it	45
	Not worth it	52
	No opinion	4
				.
"Would you support or oppose the United States and its European allies sending ground troops into Serbia to try to remove Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic from power?"
	Support	61
	Oppose	36
	No opinion	3
				.
"Do you think Slobodan Milosevic should be put on trial for war crimes, or not?"
	Yes	86
	No	9
	No opinion	6
				.
"How much do you trust President Clinton to make the right decisions about the military confrontation in Serbia? Do you trust him a lot, a good amount, only a little, or not at all?"
	A lot	29
	A good amount	28
	Only a little	24
	Not at all	18
	No opinion	1

*CBS News/New York Times* Poll**. Latest: April 5-6, 1999. N=811 adults nationwide.
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"Do you think the United States has a responsibility to do something about the fighting between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or doesn't the United States have this responsibility?"
		4/5-6	4/1	3/28	3/24
		%	%	%	%
	Has responsibility	54	53	50	56
	Doesn't have	37	37	40	32
	Don't know/No answer	9	10	10	12

*NBC News/Wall Street Journal* Poll** conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). April 5, 1999. N=503 adults nationwide.
						.
		ALL	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents	Repub- licans
		%	%	%	%
"Would you favor or oppose a decision to send U.S. and NATO soldiers into Serbia if the Serbs continue to drive people out of Kosovo?"
	Favor	53	58	56	48
	Oppose	38	29	38	47
	Not sure	9	13	6	5
						.
"As you may know, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been forced to leave Kosovo. Do you think that the United States should or should not accept some of these Kosovar refugees?"
	Should	66	75	58	63
	Should not	26	20	32	28
	Depends (vol.)	3	1	6	3
	Not sure	5	4	4	6

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll**. April 5, 1999. N=509 adults nationwide.
			.
"Do you feel you have a good understanding of what America and its allies are attempting to accomplish by attacking Serbia, or not?"
		%
	Yes	70
	No	29
	No opinion	2

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Latest: April 1-2, 1999. N=750 adults nationwide.
						.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the President's decision to have U.S. military forces join the NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia to support the peace plan for the Kosovo province?"
		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	Approve	58	49	69	59
	Disapprove	30	41	17	31
	Don't know	12	10	14	10
						.
"Do you think the airstrikes will be enough to make Yugoslav President Milosevic comply fully with the peace plan, or do you think NATO ground forces will be required?"
		4/1-2	3/25-26
		%	%
	Airstrikes enough	12	21
	Ground forces required	71	60
	Don't know	17	19
						.
"Please tell me whether or not you would support sending U.S. ground troops to Yugoslavia in each of the following circumstances. What about [see below]?"
		Would	Would Not	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	"To force Milosevic to comply fully with the peace plan"
	4/1-2	54	37	9
	3/25-26	47	46	7
						.
	"To monitor the peace plan in Kosovo only after Milosevic has agreed to comply fully"
	4/1-2	63	28	9
	3/25-26	59	33	8
						.
	"To rescue American prisoners of war"
	4/1-2	83	13	4
						.
"On balance, do you think the U.S.-NATO bombing campaign is making things better or worse for the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo -- or do you think it's not having much effect either way?"
		%
	Better	15
	Worse	44
	No difference	29
	Don't know	12
						.
"From what you know about the situation in Kosovo, do you consider the Serbian attacks on ethnic Albanians to be a form of genocide, or not?"
		4/1-2	3/25-26
		%	%
	Yes	62	60
	No	21	23
	Don't know	17	17
						.
"In your opinion, how likely is it that the Russians will get militarily involved in Yugoslavia to help their Serbian allies? Do you think this is very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely?"
		%
	Very likely	15
	Somewhat likely	32
	Not too likely	32
	Not at all likely	16
	Don't know	5
						.
"Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about U.S. policy towards Yugoslavia. (First,) do you agree or disagree that [see below]?"
		Agree	Disagree	Don't Know
		%	%	%
	"The White House did not think through a clear end-game strategy to the military action in Yugoslavia"
		55	34	11
						.
	"The bombing policy was the best option available given the lack of majority public support for using ground forces"
		64	28	8
						.
	"The White House made a mistake in announcing at the start that it was not planning to use ground forces"
		60	30	10
						.
	"The White House was wrong to go ahead with a military action based solely on air power"
		48	42	10
						.
	"The U.S. is headed for disaster in Yugoslavia"
		42	49	9

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