Iraq Funding

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

November 14-15, 2007

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories concerning the Congressional debate on next year’s funding for Iraq and Afghanistan?

35% Very closely

38% Somewhat closely
22% Not very closely
5% Not at all

1% Not sure

2* Do you favor or oppose removing all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2008?

53% Favor
36% Oppose
11% Not sure

3* Democratic Congressional leaders say that they will not approve the military budget for next year unless the President agrees to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq immediately with the goal of removing all troops by the end of next year. Should the Congress withhold military funding until the President agrees to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq?

40% Yes
50% No
10% Not sure

4* How likely is it that the President will agree to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2008?

4% Very likely
13% Somewhat likely
52% Not very likely
28% Not at all likely
3% Not sure

5* Suppose the President does not agree to a troop withdrawal. How likely is it that Congress will actually withhold funding for military operations?

10% Very likely
33% Somewhat likely
40% Not very likely
14% Not at all likely
4% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence