Poll Watch: SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Petersburg Osama Bin Laden/War on Terror Poll

SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Pete Osama Bin Laden/War on Terror Poll

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

• Approve 48%
• Disapprove 48%

Among Democrats

• Approve 80%
• Disapprove 17%

Among Republicans

• Approve 13%
• Disapprove 82%

Among Independents

• Approve 47%
• Disapprove 50%

Who is winning the War on Terror? The United States? Or the terrorists?

• United States 63%
• Terrorists 25%

All things considered, has the war in Iraq been worth fighting? Or not?

• Worth fighting 34%
• Not worth fighting 56%

Among Democrats

• Worth fighting 22%
• Not worth fighting 69%

Among Republicans

• Worth fighting 58%
• Not worth fighting 34%

All things considered, has the war in Afghanistan been worth fighting? Or not?

• Worth fighting 42%
• Not worth fighting 49%

Among Democrats

• Worth fighting 39%
• Not worth fighting 54%

Among Republicans

• Worth fighting 58%
• Not worth fighting 36%

Was the decision by the United States to bury Osama bin Laden at sea the right decision? Or the wrong decision?

• Right decision 47%
• Wrong decision 39%

In the immediate short-term, will the death of Osama bin Laden make the world be a more dangerous place? A safer place? Or will it make no difference?

• More dangerous 31%
• Safer place 30%
• No difference 34%

Among Democrats

• More dangerous 31%
• Safer place 37%
• No difference 28%

Among Republicans

• More dangerous 35%
• Safer place 27%
• No difference 33%

Long-term, will the death of Osama bin Laden, result in the world becoming a more dangerous place? A safer place? Or will it make no difference?

• More dangerous 17%
• Safer place 45%
• No difference 35%

Is Al-Qaeda still a threat to America? Or no longer a threat?

• Still a threat 91%
• No longer a threat 4%

Is it appropriate to celebrate the death of Bin Laden? Or is it insensitive?

• Appropriate 71%
• Insensitive 15%

Among Democrats

• Appropriate 68%
• Insensitive 16%

Among Republicans

• Appropriate 80%
• Insensitive 13%

Survey of 500 adults in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota metropolitan area was conducted May 2, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 37% Democrat; 36% Republican; 25% Independent. Political ideology: 39% Moderate; 34% Conservative; 21% Liberal.