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An overwhelming number of voters believe the United States is involved in too many foreign conflicts and should pull back its troops, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill.
Seventy-two percent of those polled said the United States is fighting in too many places, with only 16 percent saying the current level of engagement represented an appropriate level. Twelve percent said they weren’t sure.
According to an AP-GFK poll majorities approve of how Obama is handling terrorism, Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama's overall approval rating is 49 percent
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54% of Americans say it was "a mistake" for the United States to send troops to Iraq, while 44% disagree. In most polls over the past five years, Gallup has found a majority calling the decision to send troops a mistake, with a high of 63% opposition in April 2008. Americans are about evenly divided as to whether things are going "well" or "badly" for the United States in Iraq.
There is a difference between how the public evaluates the President on domestic versus international issues. More Americans approve of how President Obama is handling terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But when it comes to health care and the economy, majorities disapprove.
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Obama remains more popular than Congress (22% approval), Republicans (30%), or Democrats generally (36%). The president also got a boost on Iraq (55% approve) and Afghanistan (57% approve).
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Voter confidence in America's conduct of the War on Terror has reached its highest level since last May.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of likely voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, up 12 points from last month and 14 points from late December.
Only 21% now believe the terrorists hold the advantage, down 10 points from January and the lowest level measured since last August.
President Obama’s job approval rating on the economy (36%) is at its lowest point to date; his rating on foreign affairs (51%) is up slightly from last month. Americans give Obama his highest rating on education (54%), and his lowest on the deficit (32%).
Despite rising casualties, 62 percent approve of his handling of the situation in Afghanistan, a far less partisan rating than his others, and with intensity running for him rather than against.
Sixty-one percent say the United States is making significant progress restoring civil order in Iraq, whose prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, visits the White House today. That's the highest in polls the past five years, and up 21 points since spring 2008.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week said the issue of terrorism "is always with us" and that "we have to be ever vigilant." Americans, however, are less worried about terrorism than at any point since August 2004 -- with 36% saying they are very or somewhat worried that they or a family member will become a victim.
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Fifty-two percent (52%) of U.S. voters now say the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's the highest level of confidence found since early February.
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