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UPI Poll: Bush's Iraq performance
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- More than half of respondents to a UPI-Zogby International poll rated U.S. President George Bush's performance regarding the Iraq war as "poor."
In the nearly four years since Bush ordered U.S. troops into Iraq, support for the action has sagged. With the number of U.S. personnel killed topping 3,000 and the president sending another 21,500 into the theater, his political opponents are growing in number.
That was shown in the interactive poll conducted Jan. 16-18 of some 6,882 people in the United States. A total of 3,799 (55.2 percent) of those asked rated Bush's Iraq performances as "poor." Another 15.8 considered it "fair"; 21.5 percent said it was "good"; and 7.1 percent said "excellent."
Even among armed forces personnel who participated, Bush didn't fare well. Some 48.1 percent said the Iraq performance was "poor." However, 10.9 percent said it was "excellent."
There was an expended divide politically, but among self-described independents 60.2 percent rated Bush's performance as "poor."
There is a 1.2-percentage-point margin of error in the data.
UPI Poll: Bush's Iraq performance
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- More than half of respondents to a UPI-Zogby International poll rated U.S. President George Bush's performance regarding the Iraq war as "poor."
In the nearly four years since Bush ordered U.S. troops into Iraq, support for the action has sagged. With the number of U.S. personnel killed topping 3,000 and the president sending another 21,500 into the theater, his political opponents are growing in number.
That was shown in the interactive poll conducted Jan. 16-18 of some 6,882 people in the United States. A total of 3,799 (55.2 percent) of those asked rated Bush's Iraq performances as "poor." Another 15.8 considered it "fair"; 21.5 percent said it was "good"; and 7.1 percent said "excellent."
Even among armed forces personnel who participated, Bush didn't fare well. Some 48.1 percent said the Iraq performance was "poor." However, 10.9 percent said it was "excellent."
There was an expended divide politically, but among self-described independents 60.2 percent rated Bush's performance as "poor."
There is a 1.2-percentage-point margin of error in the data.
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