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Gallup poll: Obama scores points with Iraq withdrawal pledge
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Nov 02, 2011 05:19pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 2, 2011 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a presidential race in which the importance of foreign affairs has been eclipsed by the domestic economy, President Obama has scored a popular success with his pledge to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, according to the Gallup poll released Wednesday.
The poll found that Americans overwhelmingly approved of bringing the troops home by 75% to 21%. Those results are consistent with polls showing Americans eager to wind down the Iraq war, which began with a U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Last August, about 60% of Americans said they opposed renewing U.S. combat operations even if the Iraqis were unable to keep a lid on violence.
The Iraq war was the dominant foreign policy issue in both the 2004 and 2008 election cycles. Americans put it at the top of the nation’s problems in each month for nearly four years until January 2008, when the full impact of a tanking economy and related economic issues took over. About 1% now name it as the nation’s most important problem, according to Gallup.
Still, it provides one convenient window into how Democrats and Republicans see the United States on the world stage, a lesser issue than the economy, but still a possible factor in the 2012 election. As expected, Americans split politically over Obama’s actions in announcing the final withdrawal of troops, except for a small force of U.S. troops serving as Embassy guards. |
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