Most Americans Doubt Eventual Success in Iraq (Gallup/ CNN / USAT)

[struggle4progress]

July 31, 2005

Polling Data

Do you think the United States will—or will not—be able to establish a stable democratic government in Iraq?

Jul. 2005 Nov. 2004 Apr. 2004

Yes, will 37% 46% 37%
No, will not 58% 49% 57%
No opinion 5% 5% 6%

Which comes closest to your view about the war in Iraq? Do you think the U.S. will win the war in Iraq, do you think the U.S. can win the war in Iraq, but you don’t think it will win, or you do not think the U.S. can win the war in Iraq?

The U.S. will win the war in Iraq 43%
The U.S. can win, don’t think it will win 21%
Do not think the U.S. can win 32%
No opinion 4%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,006 American adults, conducted from Jul. 22 to Jul. 24, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8315

[Newsjock]

1. Isn't that nice ...

...how they split the can't-win vote into two categories so "will win" comes out on top. Pay real close attention to how this one gets spun.

[wli]

3. yes, vote-splitting is a standard plurality voting tactic

[TahitiNut]

2. 15 months: gestation period for the obvious in the elephantine GOP 'mind'

Thick-skulled doesn't even begin to cover it. There's a dedication to ignorance that transcends reason. God weeps.