iraq opinion

U. S. Monthly Deaths in Iraq

I wrote yesterday about changes in opinion of the Iraq war. In the process I said that the death toll is rarely presented in systematic form by news coverage. Totals, or totals for the month are...

Ten Months of Opinion Change on War and More

While I've been doing back room work the last two months, some interesting changes have taken place in opinion about the war, the president, congress and the country. It is too early, and the changes...

Iraq Opinion: How Well is the War Going?

Updated 11/6/07This post is part of a series monitoring opinion on the war in Iraq. It is updated in place as new data are added. The index in the right column provides a direct link from the...

Three Elements of Iraq War Opinion

This is the week for a review of opinion of the war. There are three questions that have been asked consistently throughout the war."Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling...

Gloom, Doom and Opportunity

The latest round of polls has produced a batch of collectively bad numbers for President Bush, the Congress, the direction of the country and the Iraq war. They also show troubles for front runners....

Who lost the Iraq war funding/veto fight?

The debate over the Iraq War funding bill-- the original one with withdrawal dates-- and the presidential veto of the bill posed a key political question: who wins when Congress confronts President,...

Iraq Opinion: War worth cost

Updated 5/5/07Has the Iraq war been worth the cost trend. (Click image once or twice for full resolution)This post is updated in place. Come to this page for the latest tracking of the series. The...

Iraq Opinion: War was right thing or a mistake

Updated 5/5/07Iraq war was right thing to do or a mistake trend. (Click image once or twice for full resolution)This post is updated in place. Come to this page for the latest tracking of the series....

Polling on Iraq: Sometimes the wording doesn't matter

Polling on the Iraq war inevitably become entangled with the politics of the war, with partisans seizing on results that support their preferences. This was vividly demonstrated this week by a Public...

Iraq Opinion Review

With President Bush set to speak to the nation tonight on a new Iraq strategy I thought is was a good time to review the recent opinion trends related to Iraq.The graph above compares approval of...