Twenty-eight percent (28%) of America’s voters want U.S. troops brought home from Iraq immediately. Another 26% want a firm timetable established for the military forces to come home within a year (see crosstabs). A Rasmussen Reports national opinion survey also found that 32% believe that the troops should remain in Iraq until the mission there is completed. Seven percent (7%) don’t like any of those options and 8% are not sure.

The results of Election 2006 expressed a clear repudiation of the current strategy in Iraq. Most Americans rate the President’s handling of that situation as “poor.” Unhappiness with Iraq is one reason that just 15% of American voters believe that Congress is doing a good or an excellent job.

Most Republicans (58%) believe the troops should remain in Iraq until our mission there is completed. Only 11% of Democrats share that view. Forty-one percent (41%) of Democrats want troops brought home immediately. Another 33% of those in Nancy Pelosi’s party favor a firm timetable that will bring the soldiers home within a year.

Among those not affiliated with either major party, 28% favor immediate withdrawal, 24% favor a firm timetable, and 28% want to see the mission completed.

Women are more likely to favor bringing the troops home now while men are more likely to favor finishing the mission. Those under 30 are far more likely than their elders to favor bringing home the troops.

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