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Fri Aug 21 09:13:22 PDT 1998
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Clinton's Job Approval Rating Up
Broad Support for Strikes
By Gary Langer
ABCNEWS Polling Analyst
Aug. 21 Americans overwhelmingly support
the U.S. strikes against suspected terrorist sites
in Afghanistan and Sudan, and by a 2-1 margin
they reject the suggestion that President Clinton
ordered the attack to divert attention from the
Monica Lewinsky scandal, an ABCNEWS poll
has found.
Job Approval Up
Eighty percent support the missile attack,
and 64 percent believe Clinton ordered it
mainly to fight terrorism, not because
he wanted to turn attention away from the Lewinsky case.
Thirty percent subscribe to the Wag the Dog theory;
thats been about the size of Clintons hard-core
detractors since the Lewinsky scandal broke.
Thursday nights survey found a five-point increase
in Clintons job
approval rating,
to 65
percenthis
best in ABC polling since early April. And 68 percent say
they trust him to handle the U.S. response to
terrorismeven though, in an ABCNEWS poll
Wednesday night, a record low of 24 percent rated him
as honest and trustworthy.
Support for the strikes
Yes
No
Support the missile strike
80%
14%
Trust Clinton to handle terrorism
68%
28%
Approve of Clinton's job performance
65%
32%
Will Strikes Reduce Terrorism?
The public divides evenly on whether the missile strikes
will reduce terrorism directed against the United States, or
increase it. Among those who expect the strikes to reduce
terrorism, 98 percent are in support. But even among
those who expect it to increase terrorism, 68 percent
support the U.S. missile strikes nonetheless. Support also
is non-partisan, drawing eight in 10 Democrats,
Republicans and independents alike.
Finally, 55 percent said they do think the Lewinsky
matter is interfering with Clintons ability to serve
effectively as president. But considerably fewerabout
half that numberthink its interfering a great deal.
This survey was conducted by telephone Thursday
night among a random national sample of 510 adults. The
results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 points.
Field work by Chilton Research Services of Horsham, Pa.
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