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Poll: Support for Iraq War Up
President Bush has gained support for the troop surge in Iraq over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found. The president has nudged support for the troop increase to 35 percent from 26 percent in early January.34 minus 26 equals... divided by 26 'cause that's the starting point... times 100 'cause it's easier to look at that way... my calculator says 34.615 etc percent. I s'pose that looks like "slightly" to a certain mindset, but I'm a simple soul so to me that looks awf'ly significant. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed still oppose the increase. The increased support came from some of Bush's core supporters - Republicans, men, whites, suburbanites and people with higher incomes. Two-thirds of those questioned oppose cutting money for the troops and 60 percent are against cutting money intended just for the additional troops. Nearly half of Democrats oppose cutting money for the additional troops and almost two-thirds of those who know someone who has served in Iraq oppose that idea. The poll of 1,002 adults was taken Monday through Thursday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-18 |
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