Just 27% of Americans believe that President Bush is doing a good or an excellent job handling the situation in Iraq. That’s unchanged from a month ago. Twenty-two percent (22%) say the President is doing a “fair” job while 50% rate his performance as “poor” when it comes to Iraq.

The latest Rasmussen Reports War on Terror update finds a growing pessimism among American voters and a lingering partisan divide on every aspect of the debate.

As you would expect, there is a huge partisan gap on rating the President. Still, just 52% of Republicans are willing to give their party leader good or excellent ratings when it comes to Iraq. Only 8% of Democrats offer such a positive assessment while 76% of Democrats say the President is doing a poor job.

Twenty-five percent (25%) expect things to get better in Iraq over the next six months while 48% think it will get worse. Even Republicans are growing more pessimistic—just 46% of those in the President’s party expect things to get better. Among Democrats, 66% expect the opposite.

Just 36% of voters now believe that the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That's down from 40% a month ago and unchanged from 36% the month before. Thirty-two percent (32%) believe the terrorists are winning.

Again, the partisan gap is wide. By a 59% to 17% margin, Republicans believe the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror. By a 66% to 10% margin, Democrats believe the terrorists are winning. Those not affiliated with either major party are evenly divided.

Forty percent (40%) of American voters say the U.S. is safer today than it was before 9/11. That's down eight points from a month ago and up one from two months ago. Sixty-three percent (63%) of Republicans believe the U.S. is safer today. Only 23% of Democrats share that view.

Just 29% of all voters think that in the long run, the mission in Iraq will be deemed a success. Fifty-three percent (53%) believe history will ultimately count Iraq as a U.S. failure.

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