American Perceptions of Iraq and Progress Through the Years

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve rummaged through the Polling Report archives to put together a few charts on Iraq. Specifically, I wanted to see, in one place how people have thought the war was going, from the beginning through now.

The question asked by the pollsters is thus: “How would you say things are going for the U.S. in its efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq? Would you say things are going very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly?”

	Very Well	Somewhat Well	Somewhat Badly	Very Badly
4/08	5	35	31	26
3/08	4	39	30	24
2/08	6	37	30	24
2/08	7	31	27	32
1/08	4	34	29	30
12/07	6	31	31	28
Beginning of significant reduction in violence
10/07	2	32	30	33
Al-Sadr Declares Six-Month Truce
7/07	3	29	31	35
7/07	2	23	29	45
US SURGE in place
6/07	1	21	30	47
Peak Coalition Deaths
5/07	2	21	29	47
4/07	2	29	30	36
Peak Attacks on Civilians
3/07	3	26	32	35
Iraq Study Group
12/06	2	23	32	39
10/06	2	28	32	35
9/06	4	34	28	33
8/06	5	32	33	29
Infancy of Anbar Awakening
7/06	4	37	30	27
6/06	5	38	33	22
5/06	5	36	29	28
4/06	5	36	29	26
3/06	4	36	28	29
Destruction of “Golden Mosque” in Samarra
2/06	5	31	32	30
1/06	8	37	30	24
IRAQI ELECTION PHASE Jan. 30 to Dec. 15, 2005
12/05	6	40	28	24
10/05	4	36	31	26
10/05	4	39	27	28
8/05	5	35	29	28
6/05	7	33	34	26
5/05	5	36	31	26
4/05	7	41	32	18
FALLUJAH OFFENSIVE Nov. 2004 - Feb. 2005
2/05	10	43	29	18
1/05	5	36	28	29
11/04	5	40	26	27
Abu Ghraib
5/04	3	34	38	22
INITIAL INSURGENCY
12/03	8	57	24	9
INVASION Ending April 9th
5/03	11	61	19	5

Here it is in graphical format.

Here, I’ve combined the four categories down to just two: well or badly.

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