Rasmussen-38% Say U.S. Winning WOT - most pessimistic #'s ever recorded

[Pirate Smile]

38% Say U.S. Winning War on Terror / 36% Say Terrorists Winning

August 12, 2005--Just 38% of Americans now believe the U.S. and its Allies are winning the War on Terror. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 36% believe the terrorists are winning.

Those figures are by far the most pessimistic ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports. The previous low came in June when 42% thought the allies were winning and 32% thought the terrorists had the edge. During Election 2004, roughly half of all voters believed the U.S. and its allies were winning.

Not coincidentally, the President's Job Approval Ratings have also fallen this month.

Huge partisan divisions on questions dealing with Iraq remain. Republicans by 66% to 19% margin overwhelmingly believe that the U.S. and its allies are winning.

However, 50% of Democrats believe the terrorists are winning and 20% believe the U.S. is winning.

A month ago, those not affiliated with either major party were evenly divided. Now, by a 41% to 24% margin, they believe the terrorists are winning.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/War%20on%20Terror_Monthly_Update.htm

Bush Job Approval

Strongly Approve 25%
Somewhat Approve 22%
Somewhat Disapprove 16%
Strongly Disapprove 36%

[kahleefornia]

1. I know why!

It's because there are so many things in life that people do that mean "the terrorists have already won!"!!

Don't take the subway - they've already won.
Talk smack about the president - they've already won.
etc....

[wli]

2. it's an Emmanuel Goldstein -style charade anyway

Bin Laden's been dead for years, and there's no way he lasted a week without dialysis.