Pew poll shows shift on Iraq


	Pew poll shows shift on Iraq

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11-28-2007 3:07 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2fa66f7c-90d7-4bd4-98d8-7cc6d5a534a2/4F196E02-974A-4F95-8939-ECAD8778C60B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp" href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.weeklystandard.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp">The Pew Research Center has released <A href="http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=373" linkindex="46" set="yes">the results of its latest poll</A> on Americans' views on Iraq and the state of the nation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp">When given an open-ended question--'What one word best describes your impression of the situation in Iraq these days'--the number one answer is 'improved/improving.'  Just two months ago, the top answer was 'mess.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp">a look at the poll data from November 2006 shows a swing of 32 points.  That's because in that poll, just 32 percent said things in Iraq were going well, against 64 percent who said things were not.  Today the figure is 48 to 48.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp">support for a timetable for withdrawal has fallen dramatically--from 19 percent support in January to just 11 percent today</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/11/pew_poll_shows_huge_shift_in_v.asp">When voters were asked a year ago--right before the Democratic sweep--to state whether they considered themselves Republican, Democrat, or Independent, they answered Democrat by a margin of 25 to 36.  Now, the edge is just 28 to 33.  The Democratic edge has been reduced by more than half.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4F196E02-974A-4F95-8939-ECAD8778C60B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>