The Democratic Party, The Party of Defeatism

85% of those likely to vote for Senator Clinton don't believe that the U.S. can win the war in Iraq. Let's just throw in the towel and give up on Iraq, it's a lost cause, Hillary's supporters say so.

April 12, 2007 - Likely Primary Voters on Iraq

There are stark differences between likely Democratic and Republican primary voters over Iraq.

The following results are based on nationwide samples of 600 likely Democratic primary voters (PV) and 600 likely Republican primary voters (PV) conducted April 9-12, 2007. The theoretical margin of error for each sample is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time. Primary preferences for each party are below.


Question:
Do you believe that the United States can win the war in Iraq, or not?

Can win No Undecided

Democratic PV 17% 70% 13%
Republican PV 75% 20% 5%

85% of likely Democratic primary voters voting for Hillary Clinton, 71% of those voting for John Edwards, and 64% of those voting for Barack Obama say they do not believe the United States can win the war in Iraq.

86% of likely Republican primary voters voting for John McCain, 62% of those voting for Rudy Giuliani, and 68% of those voting for Mitt Romney say they believe the United States can win the war in Iraq.



Question:
Do you favor or oppose setting a deadline for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq

Favor Oppose Undecided

Democratic PV 70% 17% 13%
Republican PV 17% 77% 6%

74% of likely Democratic primary voters voting for Hillary Clinton, 57% of those voting for John Edwards, and 81% of those voting for Barack Obama say they favor setting a deadline for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq.

89% of likely Republican primary voters voting for John McCain, 63% of those voting for Rudy Giuliani, and 62% of those voting for Mitt Romney say they oppose setting a deadline for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq.

(source: http://americanresearchgroup.com/)