Poll Watch: SurveyUSA/KABC-TV Los Angeles, California Poll on the War in Iraq

SurveyUSA/KABC-TV Los Angeles, California Poll on the War in Iraq

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the conflict in Iraq?

• Approve 52%
• Disapprove 41%

Among Democrats

• Approve 71%
• Disapprove 25%

Among Republicans

• Approve 23%
• Disapprove 71%

Among Independents

• Approve 48%
• Disapprove 43%

Among Men

• Approve 49%
• Disapprove 48%

Among Women

• Approve 55%
• Disapprove 34%

President Obama says that remaining United States troops will be withdrawn from Iraq before Christmas. Should U.S. troops stay longer? Should U.S. troops have been removed sooner? Or, is the timing about right?

• Stay longer 14%
• Should have been removed sooner 45%
• Timing is about right 38%

Among Democrats

• Stay longer 3%
• Should have been removed sooner 44%
• Timing is about right 50%

Among Republicans

• Stay longer 37%
• Should have been removed sooner 31%
• Timing is about right 26%

Among Independents

• Stay longer 13%
• Should have been removed sooner 56%
• Timing is about right 28%

All things considered, has the war in Iraq been worth fighting or not?

• Worth fighting 32%
• Not worth fighting 56%

Among Democrats

• Worth fighting 22%
• Not worth fighting 65%

Among Republicans

• Worth fighting 61%
• Not worth fighting 28%

Among Independents

• Worth fighting 26%
• Not worth fighting 61%

Survey of 500 adults in the Los Angeles, California designated market area was conducted October 21, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 46% Democrat; 24% Republican; 27% Independent. Political ideology: 37% Moderate; 29% Conservative; 29% Liberal.