Republicans overwhelmingly disagreed: 73 percent favored staying "as long as it takes."

Letter writers overwhelmingly disagreed.

"You had a city filled with people who overwhelmingly and intensely disagreed with Giuliani on the issues," said Kenneth Sherrill, a professor of political science at Hunter College.

White New Yorkers are divided in their assessment of the verdict, while blacks throughout the state overwhelmingly disagree with the jury's decision to clear the four white officers on all charges.

A public opinion poll published on Sunday in the daily Jornal do Brasil showed that even as most of the Catholics surveyed accepted the church's teachings concerning the divinity of Christ and the Immaculate Conception, they overwhelmingly disagreed with the church dogma on building families in the modern world.

Journalists, on the other hand, disagreed overwhelmingly, but they agreed that many reporters were "not well enough informed to cover religion news."

Americans overwhelmingly disagree with the Supreme Court's decision on eminent domain and support public displays of the Ten Commandments.

The only ethno-cultural grouping that overwhelmingly disagrees consists of Republican members of the House, Republican senators, and Republican candidates for President.

Said Mr. Cuomo: "The Legislature overwhelmingly disagreed with me.