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Just 39% Believe Iraq Report Will Honestly Present Petraeus Views; 35% Say It Will Not
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
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General David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, will be issuing a formal progress report on the situation in Iraq next week. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 45% of American voters expect a positive report while 24% expect the opposite. Thirty-one percent (31%) are not sure. However, just 39% believe the report will honestly and accurately reflect the General’s true assessment of the situation in Iraq. Thirty-five percent (35%) say it will not while 26% are not sure. As with all polling questions on the topic of Iraq, there is a sharp divide along partisan lines. Republicans, by a 62% to 14% margin, expect a positive report. Democrats are evenly divided with 34% anticipating a positive report and 31% with the opposite view. Forty-two percent (42%) of those not affiliated with either major party say the report will be positive and 25% of unaffiliateds say negative. By a 58% to 22% margin, Republicans expect the report to honestly reflect the views of Petraeus. Just 25% of Democrats share that assessment while 43% say the report will not accurately reflect what Petraeus thinks. Unaffiliateds are evenly divided. The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that 27% of American voters believe the troop surge is working and 25% say it is too early to tell. Forty-three percent (43%) believe the troop surge has failed. Those figures are similar to results from a month ago. The current public assessment is a bit more upbeat than at the beginning of the summer. Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republicans say either that the surge has worked or that it’s too early to tell. That view is shared by 53% of unaffiliateds and 33% of Democrats. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Democrats say the surge has been a failure. That assessment is shared by 43% of unaffiliateds and 22% of Republicans. Most American voters (52%) still want U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by early next year. Thirty-five percent (35%) oppose that policy. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters followed stories of the President’s surprise visit to Iraq Very Closely. Another 37% followed that news story Somewhat Closely. An earlier survey, found that a narrow majority wants to wait for the September report from General David Petraeus before making any major policy changes. Crosstabs are available to Premium Members only. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. The Rasmussen Reports Election Edge™ Premium Service offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage available anywhere. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
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