Confidence Is Still High That U.S., Allies Winning War on Terror
Voter confidence in U.S. efforts in the War on Terror remain at record recent levels.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. Only 15% say the terrorists are winning that war, while 26% say neither side is ahead. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Last month, just days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, confidence in the War on Terror jumped 23 points from an all-time low of 32% in April to 55%, the highest level since January 2009. Since early November 2006, the number of voters who believe America is winning the War on Terror has run as high as 62%, but through late 2009 and most of 2010 it hovered in the high 30s and low 40s.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters nationwide was conducted on June 6-8, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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