Poll Watch: SurveyUSA San Diego Poll on Barack Obama and Photos of Osama bin Laden

SurveyUSA San Diego Poll on Barack Obama and Photos of Osama bin Laden

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?

• Approve 49%
• Disapprove 47%

Among Democrats

• Approve 78%
• Disapprove 20%

Among Republicans

• Approve 21%
• Disapprove 77%

Among Independents

• Approve 44%
• Disapprove 50%

Among Men

• Approve 46%
• Disapprove 50%

Among Women

• Approve 52%
• Disapprove 44%

President Obama says that no photographs or video of Osama Bin Laden's dead body will be made public. Is this the right decision? The wrong decision? Or, do you not know enough to say?

• Right 50%
• Wrong 37%

Among Democrats

• Right 59%
• Wrong 31%

Among Republicans

• Right 44%
• Wrong 46%

Among Independents

• Right 48%
• Wrong 37%

Among Men

• Right 49%
• Wrong 39%

Among Women

• Right 51%
• Wrong 35%

Do you think someone in the government will eventually leak a photo of bin Laden to the media? Or do you think the pictures will remain hidden from public view?

• Photo will be leaked 67%
• Will remain hidden 23%

Among Democrats

• Photo will be leaked 63%
• Will remain hidden 28%

Among Republicans

• Photo will be leaked 77%
• Will remain hidden 15%

Among Independents

• Photo will be leaked 60%
• Will remain hidden 26%

Among Men

• Photo will be leaked 68%
• Will remain hidden 25%

Among Women

• Photo will be leaked 66%
• Will remain hidden 21%

(Among those who think photo will be leaked) When do you think a leaked photograph of Bin Laden's dead body will first appear on the internet? In a day? A week? A month? A year? Or not for many years?

• Day 9%
• Week 33%
• Month 34%
• Year 16%
• Many years 6%

(Among those who think photo will be leaked) Once a leaked photograph appears on the internet, should your newspaper print the picture?

• Yes 44%
• No 46%

Among Democrats

• Yes 46%
• No 49%

Among Republicans

• Yes 47%
• No 42%

Among Men

• Yes 51%
• No 40%

Among Women

• Yes 36%
• No 53%

(Among those who think photo will be leaked) Once a leaked photograph appears on the internet, should your local TV station show the picture on the TV news?

• Yes 50%
• No 44%

Among Democrats

• Yes 42%
• No 52%

Among Republicans

• Yes 56%
• No 39%

Among Men

• Yes 58%
• No 37%

Among Women

• Yes 41%
• No 51%

Survey of 600 adults in the San Diego metropolitan area was conducted May 4, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 33% Democrat; 30% Republican; 34% Independent.  Political ideology: 38% Moderate; 31% Conservative; 24% Liberal.