Survey: 9-11 Families Do Not Want Convention in New York

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Both parties have tried to form an emotional connection with victims' families, but the survey indicated their political leanings mirror those of the rest of the nation: roughly a third of respondents called themselves Republicans and a third Democrats.

About 60 percent of those polled said the war in Iraq was not worth the cost in soldiers' lives, reflecting polls of the general population that also have found the war unpopular. Almost half of those in the survey said they disapproved of the way the president was handling his job, about the same as the national average. Nearly two-thirds of the relatives questioned said they believed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry would "make the right decisions" on protecting the country from terrorism - the same number that said that about President Bush.

On national security, a majority said the federal government was still not doing enough to prevent terrorism, and almost as many expressed concern about another terrorist attack on New York. About half also said the city was not prepared to deal with one, the survey found.

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