72% Support Obama's Afghanistan Pullout

Even a majority of Republicans back the withdrawal
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 29, 2011 9:42 AM CDT
72% Support Obama's Afghanistan Pullout
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House on June 22, 2011, announcing plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.   (Getty Images)

Americans overwhelmingly President Obama's plan to pull out of Afghanistan says a new Gallup Poll, with 72% in favor and only 23% opposed. For Democrats, that rises to 87%, but even Republicans support it, with 50% for it versus 43% opposed. More specifically, Obama's plan to withdraw 30,000 troops over the next 15 months was called "just right" by 43% of respondents, with 19% thinking that number was too high and 29% thinking it was too low.

"After the elimination of (Osama) bin Laden and the steady drumbeat of bad news from Afghanistan, I think most people are ready to follow the president's lead on this—especially if his lead is to lead us out of there," a political scientist told USA Today. (More Afghanistan exit strategy stories.)

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