Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now disagree with President Barack Obama’s decision to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted after the President’s speech on Guantanamo last week, shows that 38% agree with his decision.

Just 25% share the President’s view that the Guantanamo camp weakened national security. Fifty-one percent (51%) disagree with that perspective.

And, by a 57% to 28% margin, voters oppose moving any of the suspected terrorists to prisons in the United States. Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party strongly oppose transfers to U.S. prisons. Democrats are evenly divided.

Just 15% now say the President is Very Likely to close the prison camp during his first year in office while 6% say that is Not at All Likely to happen. Two-thirds of the nation’s voters are not so sure—35% say the President is Somewhat Likely to close the prison camp while 30% say he is Not Very Likely to do so.

Those figures reflect a sharp drop in expectations about closing the facility. Last November, 49% said that then President-elect Obama was Very Likely to close it during his first year in office. Another 21% said he was somewhat likely to do so and only 12% thought that outcome was unlikely to occur.

The support for keeping Guantanamo’s prison camp open declined from 59% last summer to 49% last November to 42% in January. In fact, shortly after the President announced his intention to close the camp, a narrow plurality agreed with him.

Since then, the trends have moved in the opposite direction. The number who want to keep the facility open increased from 42% in January to 46% in April and 49% now. The number who agree with the President’s position has fallen from 44% in January to 38% today.

Most Democrats (61%) now agree with the President on this issue. However, 79% of Republicans and 54% of unaffiliateds hold the opposite view.

Fifty-two percent (52%) say they’re following news coverage of this issue Very Closely and 31% say they’re following it Somewhat Closely. Interest in the story is higher among Republicans and unaffiliateds than among Democrats.

Other survey data has shown a significant increase in the number who believe our legal system is too concerned about individual rights at the expense of national security.

Surveys have consistently found that most Americans believe the terror suspects should be tried in military rather than civilian courts.

The number of voters who say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror has fallen in the past few months.

President Obama continues to earn solid Job Approval ratings.

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