Washington Post/ABC News Poll September 30, 2007

Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut

This report was conducted among a random sample of 1,114 adults from September 27-30. It was released October 2, 2007. The results have a three-point error margin.

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?
33% Approve
15% Strongly
18% Somewhat
64% Disapprove
14% Somewhat
49% Strongly

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?
30% Approve
17% Strongly
14% Somewhat
68% Disapprove
12% Somewhat
57% Strongly

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are doing their job?
29% Approve
67% Disapprove

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are doing their job?
38% Approve
57% Disapprove

Which political party do you trust to do a better job handling the situation in Iraq?
49% Democrats (up seven points since last poll)
34% Republicans (up three points since last poll)
3% Both
11% Neither

All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting, or not?
38% Worth fighting
59% Not worth fighting

Do you think (the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq until civil order is restored there, even if that means continued U.S. military casualties); OR, do you think (the United States should withdraw its military forces from Iraq in order to avoid further U.S. military casualties, even if that means civil order is not restored there)?
43% Keep forces
54% Withdraw forces

As you may know Bush has sent approximately 28 thousand additional U.S. military forces to try to restore civil order in parts of Iraq. Do you think this increase in U.S. forces has made the situation in Iraq better, worse, or hasn't made much difference?
27% Better
15% Worse
56% Hasn't made much difference

There's been a proposal to remove these additional U.S. forces from Iraq by next summer, returning to the earlier level of about 130-thousand U.S. troops. Do you think the number of U.S. forces in Iraq should be reduced more (quickly) than this, more (slowly), or is this about the right pace of troop reductions?
43% More quickly
12% More slowly
38% Right pace

Do you think Democrats in Congress have gone too far or not far enough in opposing the war in Iraq?
35% Too far
55% Not far enough

The Bush administration has requested nearly 190 billion dollars to fund the wars and related U.S. activities in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next year. This is about 40 billion dollars more than first estimated. Do you think Congress should approve all of this funding request, or reduce it? IF REDUCE: Should this funding request be reduced somewhat, or reduced sharply?
27% Approve
67% Reduce
23% Reduce Somewhat
43% Reduce Sharply

Thinking ahead to the next presidential election, do you think a (Democratic) or a (Republican) president would do a better job resolving the situation in Iraq?
51% Democratic
31% Republican