A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That’s up two points from a week ago, but still down from the week before.

Twenty-six percent (26%) want the troops brought home immediately.

Looking at the other end of the spectrum, 35% now want troops to remain in Iraq until the mission is complete.

A separate survey found that confidence in the overall War on Terror has increased over the past month.

Sixty-two percent (62%) of women want troops out of Iraq within a year. Fifty-five percent (55%) of men share that view.

All questions concerning Iraq reveal stark partisan differences.

Seventy-four percent (74%) of Democrats want the troops to come home within a year. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republicans believe the troops should remain until the mission is complete.

As for those not affiliated with either major party, 61% want the troops home within a year. Twenty-eight percent (28%) take the opposite view and say they should remain.

Support for bringing troops home has remained remarkably consistent over the past year. Last December, 64% supported the Iraq Study Group recommendation to remove almost all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by early 2008.

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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