October 15, 2010, 12:10 pm By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Polling suggests that the war in Afghanistan is barely a blip on voters’ radars as the midterm elections approach, according to a report in The New York Times by Dalia Sussman and Megan Thee-Brenan.
“In a nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll conducted last month, 60 percent of Americans said that the economy or jobs were the most important problems facing the country. A mere 3 percent mentioned Afghanistan or the war.”
The poll also found:
“A majority in the September Times/CBS News poll said the United States should not be involved in Afghanistan now, up 15 percentage points since December. And most said the war was going badly, down from its peak but well above the reading in the early years of the war, when broad majorities said it was going well.”
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October 15, 2010, 12:10 pm By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Polling suggests that the war in Afghanistan is barely a blip on voters’ radars as the midterm elections approach, according to a report in The New York Times by Dalia Sussman and Megan Thee-Brenan.
“In a nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll conducted last month, 60 percent of Americans said that the economy or jobs were the most important problems facing the country. A mere 3 percent mentioned Afghanistan or the war.”
The poll also found:
“A majority in the September Times/CBS News poll said the United States should not be involved in Afghanistan now, up 15 percentage points since December. And most said the war was going badly, down from its peak but well above the reading in the early years of the war, when broad majorities said it was going well.”
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