Poll: GTMO isolated incidents

Beginning today, The Pew Research Center will conduct a survey about public perceptions of the Iraq occupation and GTMO.

In response to reports of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay, 54% of Americans will say that they are isolated incidents, compared with 34%, who will say that they represent a wider pattern of abuse. A breakdown is below.

Reports of prisoner mistreatment in Guantanamo

	Isolated	Wider	Neither
	incidents	pattern	DK
	%	%	%
Total	54	34	12
Men	56	34	10
Women	52	34	14
18-29	43	46	11
30-49	55	36	09
50-64	59	28	13
65+	56	25	19
Black	35	52	13
White	57	31	12
Hispanic	44	45	11
Republican	76	14	10
Democrat	43	45	12
Independent	45	44	11