Poll: Confidence in Terror War Jumps

News Max ^ | Dec. 3, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

[conservativecorner]

President Bush's campaign to rebut claims by Democrats that the U.S. is losing the war on terror has already begun to pay big dividends - according to a new Rasmussen survey released Friday.

Confidence that the U.S. will ultimately prevail has jumped dramatically, up 9 points in the last six weeks, reports Rasmussen.

Just 39 percent of Americans believed the U.S. was winning in a survey taken in mid-October - with 34 percent believing that the terrorists were winning.

But in a survey completed on Dec. 1, 48 percent were confident of a U.S. victory - and only 28 percent said the terrorists were likely to win.

Predictably, Republicans were most optimistic, with 74 percent saying they expect the terrorists to be defeated - up ten percent from a month ago. Only 28 percent of Democrats now predict victory for the U.S. Even with the dramatic jump in support, the improved numbers may be understated - since Rasmussen surveyed "adults" as opposed to "registered" or "likely" voters, who tend to trend more conservative in most polls.

[Semper Paratus]

Wait, Wait! Nancy Pelosi said this morning that 80% of Americans are against the war in Iraq.

[Dutch Boy]

I think she meant that 80% of the leftist democrats that she polled in her office are against the war.

[SolutionsOnly]

I'm still baffled by the need for conservatives to light a fire under the Bush Administration in order to get it to defend itself. Bush has a chronic propensity to be three steps behind the curve. Has his administration finally learned anything, or will it slip back into complacency the moment conservatives stop screaming at him?

[sgtyork]

Eighty percent -- its the Democrat's new mathematical signal for their infallible knowledge. How did they ever lose the House/Senate/White House?