Survey: Most Iraqis plan to vote (International Republican Institute) [View All]

BAGHDAD, Iraq — An overwhelming majority of Iraqis continue to say they intend to vote Jan. 30, even as insurgents press attacks aimed at rendering the election a failure, according to a new public-opinion survey.

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The poll, which was conducted in late December and early January for the International Republican Institute (IRI), found 80 percent of the more than 1,900 respondents saying they were likely to vote, a rate that has held roughly steady for months.

The 64 percent who said they were "very likely" to vote represented a dip of about seven percentage points from a November survey, while those "somewhat likely" to vote jumped five points.

The IRI, which is funded by Congress through the National Endowment for Democracy, commissioned the poll, which surveyed Iraqis in all but two of the country's 18 provinces. Poor security made two in the far north, Nineveh and Dohuk, inaccessible. Nineveh includes the volatile city of Mosul.

The face-to-face interviews were conducted from Dec. 26, 2004, through Jan. 7, 2005. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

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