Surprising levels of optimism prevail in Iraq with living conditions improved, security more a national worry than a local one, and expectations for the future high.
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An ABC News poll in Iraq, conducted with Time magazine and other media partners, includes some remarkable results: Despite the daily violence there, most living conditions are rated positively, seven in 10 Iraqis say their own lives are going well, and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve in the year ahead.
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Surprisingly, given the insurgents’ attacks on Iraqi civilians, more than six in 10 Iraqis feel very safe in their own neighborhoods, up sharply from just 40 percent in a poll in June 2004. And 61 percent say local security is good � up from 49 percent in the first ABC News poll in Iraq in February 2004.
Average household incomes have soared by 60 percent in the last 20 months (to $263 a month), 70 percent of Iraqis rate their own economic situation positively, and consumer goods are sweeping the country.
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Most living conditions are rated positively,
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70% of Iraqis say their own lives are going well,
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Nearly 2/3 of Iraqis expect things to improve in the year ahead,
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Over 60% of Iraqis feel very safe in their own neighborhoods,
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61% of Iraqis say local security is good,
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Average household incomes have soared by 60% in the last 20 months,
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70% of Iraqis rate their own economic situation positively.
