{"id":16469,"date":"2012-04-20T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/views-of-afghan-war-turn-more-negative\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:24","slug":"views-of-afghan-war-turn-more-negative","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/04\/20\/views-of-afghan-war-turn-more-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Views of Afghan War Turn More Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just 38% of Americans now say the military effort is going very or fairly well, according to a survey conducted April 4-15. Almost half (49%) of those polled say that it is either \u201cnot going too well\u201d or \u201cnot going well at all well.\u201d. In March, 51% of people said that things were going very or fairly well in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just four-in-ten Democrats (41%) and Republicans (40%) offer positive assessments of the U.S. effort, while about half offer negative assessments. Last month, majorities of both Democrats (56%) and Republicans (52%) said that the military effort was going well.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This negative assessment of progress in Afghanistan contributes to a record low level of support for keeping U.S. troops there. Just 32% of the public now says that the U.S. should keep in place until the country has stabilized, while 60% favor removing troops as soon as possible. In May 2011, the public was evenly divided on this question \u2014 48% supported removing thetroops and 47% wanted them to remain.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly two-thirds (64%) of people who support President Obama want the troops withdrawn as soon as possible. By comparison,49% of people who support GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney share this view. By a 59% to 31% margin, swing voters support a troop withdrawal. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/04\/18\/most-swing-voters-favor-afghan-troop-withdrawal\/?src=prc-number\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 38% of Americans now believe the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan is going very or somewhat well, down from 51% in 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