This poll was pub­lished in Al-Sabah news­pa­per show­ing that “ter­ror­ists” have failed to to dis­suade Iraqis from votin, many be will­ing to take on the risks nec­es­sary to wrench back con­trol of their nation. Even in a dan­ger­ous, quasi demo­c­ra­tic election.

The poll was of 4974 Iraqis liv­ing in and around Baghdad.

The fol­low­ing is the trans­la­tion of the poll and the results:

Will the secu­rity prob­lems cause you to?
Not come out and vote the day of elec­tions = 18.3%
Come out and vote the day of elec­tions = 78.3%
No opin­ion = 3.4%

Do you sup­port the Iraqi Gov­ern­ment hav­ing its own offi­cial news­pa­per?
Yes = 67.7%
No = 30.9%
Do Not know = 1.4%?

Do you sup­port mil­i­tary action against the ter­ror­ists?
Yes = 87.7 %
No = 11.1%
Don’t Know = 1.2%