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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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It's not just the Dems that do not support the war in Iraq. Here are some polling results from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research:

• Voters in Republican districts are very unhappy about the war. It was the most important issue for these voters, and only 36% of them had good feelings about it. Disgust with the way the war's been run—and the deceit that lead us into it—isn't just a blue-state thing.

• the more voters thought about Iraq—even after hearing Republican counter-arguments—the more they wanted change. Before hearing the arguments on both sides about Iraq, voters favored Republicans by one percentage point. But after, they favored Democrats by a big margin—51% for Democrats, 43% for Republicans in these Republican districts.

• Democratic candidates who took a strong stance on the Iraq war did better. And being clear and bold on a speedy and responsible exit from Iraq didn't just help win votes—candidates who took that position were much more likely to be seen as "strong," while those who were more mealy-mouthed were seen as "typical politicians." (This point was from an earlier poll we did, but the result is reflected in the more recent one.)

And here are some FACTS that create the results of what you just read above:

60. The percentage of Americans opposed to the war in Iraq, "the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003." 57 percent supported a timetable for troop withdrawals from Iraq. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/09/iraq.poll/index.html

1,855. Number of bodies that showed up at the Baghdad morgue in July, "a 16 percent rise from June and a 71 percent increase from January.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/wo...in&oref=slogin

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