A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 57% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That’s down from 63% a week ago and matches results from our survey conducted two weeks ago. Over the last fifteen weeks, the number wanting troops home within a year has ranged from a low of 57% to a high of 64%.

Twenty-seven percent (27%) now want the troops brought home immediately. That’s up two points from a week ago and down four points from the week before.

Looking at the other end of the spectrum, 38% want troops to remain in Iraq until the mission is complete. That’s just one point lower than the highest level of support recording during our fifteen weeks of polling. The number wanting the troops to remain and finish the mission had ranged from 32% to 39%.

A separate survey found that confidence in the overall War on Terror has declined over the past month. Forty-three percent (43%) of voters nationwide believe the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror. Meanwhile, 25% believe the terrorists are winning the war.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of women want troops out of Iraq within a year. Fifty percent (50%) of men want the troops home within the year and 46% believe they should remain until the mission is complete. Last week, 57% of men wanted the troops home within a year.

All questions concerning Iraq reveal stark partisan differences.

Eighty-two percent (82%) of Democrats want the troops to come home within a year. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republicans believe the troops should remain until the mission is complete and 25% want them home within a year.

As for those not affiliated with either major party, 63% want the troops home within a year. Thirty-seven percent (33%) take the opposite view and say they should remain.

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

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