Things are looking up
Despite President Bush’s approval rating dropping below 50 percent in every state in the country, recent polls indicate a growing number of Americans are optimistic about the Iraq war.
According to a national survey conducted Nov. 20-26, nearly half of the public (48 percent) thinks military efforts in Iraq are going well. Similar research in Februrary indicated only 30 percent of the public believed things were going well then. Even still, a majority of respondents think U.S. troops should come home.
| Feb. | June | Sept. | Nov. | Feb.-Nov. change | |
| Military effort is going: | |||||
| Very/Fairly well | 30% | 34% | 41% | 48% | +18 |
| Not too/At all well | 67% | 61% | 54% | 48% | -19 |
| Don’t know | 3% | 5% | 55 | 4% | +1 |
| Defeating the insurgents: | |||||
| Making progress | 30% | 32% | 37% | 43% | +13 |
| Losing ground | 55% | 50% | 44% | 44% | -11 |
| Don’t know | 15% | 18% | 19% | 13% | -2 |
| The United States should: | |||||
| Keep troops in | 42% | 39% | 39% | 41% | -1 |
| Bring troops home | 53% | 56% | 54% | 54% | +1 |
| Don’t know | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 0 |
source: www.pewresearch.org
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