Iraq Troop Withdrawal
63% Want Troops Home From Iraq Within Year
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 63% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. For the third week in a row, that figure is up two points from the week before. Over the last twelve weeks, the number wanting troops home within a year has ranged from a low of 57% to a high of 64%.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) now want the troops brought home immediately. That’s also up two points from a week ago.
Looking at the other end of the spectrum, 32% now want troops to remain in Iraq until the mission is complete. That figure has ranged from 32% to 38% over the past twelve weeks.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of women want troops out of Iraq within a year. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of men share that view.
All questions concerning Iraq reveal stark partisan differences.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Democrats want the troops to come home within a year. Fifty-three percent (53%) 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. Thirty-two percent (32%) take the opposite view and say they should remain.