50% Now Say U.S. Is Winning War on Terror, Highest Level Since Last May (Rasmussen Reports Poll)
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.
64% approve of Obama's job on national security, 2-1 believe Obama is doing a better job on national security than Bush (DCorps)
A new Democracy Corps poll released by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner today shows that after 100 days in office, President Barack Obama has, at least for now effectively erased doubts that Americans have historically harbored about the Democratic Party’s vision and competence on national security.
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87% Worried About Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons (Rasmussen Reports Poll)
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of U.S. voters are now at least somewhat concerned about the security of nuclear weapons in Pakistan as the radical Islamic Taliban continues to make gains in that country. Sixty percent (60%) are Very Concerned.
Just 10% are not concerned about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The level of overall concern is unchanged from last August, following Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation from office, but the number of those Very Concerned has jumped 15 points.