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| Poll: Majority in U.S. against Iraq pullout |
| 2005-12-19 |
| A solid majority of Americans oppose immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, citing as a main reason the desire to finish the job of stabilizing the country, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll found. About 57 percent of those surveyed said the U.S. military should stay until Iraq is stabilized, while 36 percent favor an immediate troop withdrawal. A year ago, 71 percent of respondents favored keeping troops in Iraq until it was stabilized. In the poll, when people were asked in an open-ended question the main reason the United States should keep troops in Iraq, 32 percent said to stabilize the country and 26 percent said to finish the rebuilding job under way. Only one in 10 said they wanted to stay in Iraq to fight terrorism; just 3 percent said to protect U.S. national security. The AP-Ipsos poll, conducted Tuesday through Thursday, was based on telephone interviews with 1,006 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii and areas heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #4 Yeah, I heard that on NPR.... Wait, no I didn't! What I heard is that the 'majority of the American public want a timetable for withdrawal.' NPR must be behind in their polling. It'll be out any day now, just you wait.... |
| Posted by: Ulaiper Spavith2077 2005-12-19 21:46 |
| #3 47.34% of me is worried. |
| Posted by: Wnd ENE Spemble1219 2005-12-19 17:31 |
| #2 Be careful believing any AP-Ipsos poll. In the 2004 election, they were the only outfit to consistently show Kerry beating Bush. Recently, they got a lot of publicity showing Bush's approval several points lower than any other poll. Ipsos is French owned and is known to get skewed results preferred by their French patrons. When the US had President Clinton who governed by polls, having a polling outfit that delivers numbers that a foreign government wants is a powerful, yet subtle, method to influence US policy. When France Polls America |
| Posted by: ed 2005-12-19 07:01 |
| #1 32 percent said to stabilize the country 26 percent said to finish the rebuilding job one in 10 [10 percent]said to fight terrorism 3 percent said to protect U.S. national security *drumroll* So the internals reveal that actually 71% of those questioned see important reasons to remain engaged in Iraq, ie no change since a year ago. Good! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-12-19 06:21 |