US Opinion on Iraq troop withdrawal etc.

Probably a year from now Rasmussen can ask the same question about withdrawing within a year!


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/
iraq_troop_withdrawal>

Iraq Troop Withdrawal
64% Want Troops Home From Iraq
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

For the second straight week, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone
survey found that 64% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops
brought home from Iraq within a year. Prior to this week's results,
support for bringing the troops home had increased in three
consecutive weeks.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) who want the troops brought home
immediately. That's unchanged from a week ago but up from 20% five
weeks ago.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of women want troops out of Iraq within a
year. Fifty-five percent (55%) of men share that view.

Looking at the other end of the spectrum, 31% now want troops to
remain in Iraq until the mission is complete. That's down three
points from a week ago and the lowest level measured since Rasmussen
Reports began tracking this question in August.

All questions concerning Iraq reveal stark partisan differences.

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Democrats want the troops to come home
within a year. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans believe the
troops should remain until the mission is complete. That latter
figure is down from 63% a week ago and 71% two weeks before that.

As for those not affiliated with either major party, 59% want the
troops home within a year. Only 30% take the opposite view and say
they should remain.

Support for bringing troops home has remained remarkably consistent
over the past year. Last December, 64% supported the Iraq Study Group
recommendation to remove "almost all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by
early 2008.

Rasmussen Reports has been tracking this question weekly since late
August. The survey was conducted in partnership with Fox Television
Stations, Inc.

Another survey found that 39% of Americans now believe the U.S. and
its allies are winning the War on Terror. Twenty-eight percent (28%)
believe the terrorists are winning.

The country is also evenly divided on the question of whether the
situation in Iraq is like Vietnam.

Twenty-eight percent (28%) of American voters say that the economy is
the top issue for Election 2008. Eighteen percent (18%) say the War
on Terror is most important while 13% believe the War in Iraq is
tops. Democrats are trusted more than Republicans on nine of ten key
issues t