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One Year After Election, Americans Less Sure About Obama

Far fewer say he will be able to control federal spending or heal political divisions

November 3, 2009

Americans are much less sure than they were a year ago at the time of his election that President Barack Obama will be able to accomplish a number of challenges facing his administration. In particular, far fewer Americans believe he will be able to heal political divisions and control federal spending.More ...

Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Most believe generals should not make their preferred course of action public

October 8, 2009

Americans are now divided on sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan: 48% say they would favor President Obama’s deciding to send more troops and 45% say they would oppose his doing so. Two weeks ago, Americans were more likely to oppose than favor increasing the U.S. troop presence there.More ...

Nearly Half of Afghans Think More U.S. Troops Will Help

Residents in South mixed on potential effectiveness

September 30, 2009

As President Barack Obama mulls whether to commit more troops to Afghanistan, a Gallup survey during the troop buildup earlier this year found nearly half of Afghans (49%) saying additional troops would help stabilize the security situation in the southern provinces. Thirty-two percent said they would not.More ...

Americans Tilt Against Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Most who oppose also advocate that the U.S. begin to withdraw troops

September 25, 2009

Americans are more likely to oppose (50%) than to favor (41%) a possible decision by President Barack Obama to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.More ...

Many in Asia Wait to Rate New U.S. Administration

Approval down in three of eight countries polled

September 22, 2009

Across eight Asian countries Gallup surveyed, approval of U.S. leadership is down slightly in 2009 compared with 2008, in large part attributable to an increase in the percentage who did not have an opinion. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, approval of U.S. leadership remains steady.More ...

Americans Say Afghanistan Going Badly, but Not a Mistake

Democrats remain more negative on the war than Republicans or independents

September 4, 2009

Six in 10 Americans (61%) say U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan was not a mistake, while the exact same percentage -- a record high -- concede things are going badly for the U.S. there.More ...

Few Voting-Age Afghans Confident Election Will Be Fair

Half still say voting is effective way to bring about positive change

August 17, 2009

As Afghans head to the polls Thursday to vote in the second presidential election in the young democracy’s history, a Gallup Poll shows 50% of voting-age Afghans believe in elections, but fewer than one in four (24%) are confident that this one will be fair.More ...

Americans Upbeat on Progress in Iraq, Afghanistan

Majority (58%) say going into Iraq was a mistake; 36% say so about Afghanistan

July 16, 2009

Americans are more likely now than at any point since 2003 to say things are going well for the U.S. in Iraq, but 58% still say U.S. involvement in Iraq was a mistake. By contrast, 36% say involvement in Afghanistan was a mistake.More ...

Event Highlights: Gallup Findings From Afghanistan

June 26, 2009

Gallup's World Poll Regional Consultant for Asia, Nicole Naurath, and Gallup's Polling Director in Afghanistan, Rafiq Ullah Kakar, discuss Afghans’ perceptions of their security, the economy, the United States, and the state of law and order in their country.

Afghans Name Karzai, “No One” as Most Trusted

More than half believe a new government should run the country

June 22, 2009

With Afghanistan’s second democratic presidential election scheduled for Aug. 20, Gallup reviews polling conducted in December 2008, which found 25% of Afghans calling President Karzai their country’s most trusted figure. At the time, only 10% thought the present government should be in charge of the country.More ...

Afghanistan

One Year After Election, Americans Less Sure About Obama

Far fewer say he will be able to control federal spending or heal political divisions

Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Most believe generals should not make their preferred course of action public

Nearly Half of Afghans Think More U.S. Troops Will Help

Residents in South mixed on potential effectiveness

Americans Tilt Against Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Most who oppose also advocate that the U.S. begin to withdraw troops

Many in Asia Wait to Rate New U.S. Administration

Approval down in three of eight countries polled

Americans Say Afghanistan Going Badly, but Not a Mistake

Democrats remain more negative on the war than Republicans or independents

Few Voting-Age Afghans Confident Election Will Be Fair

Half still say voting is effective way to bring about positive change

Americans Upbeat on Progress in Iraq, Afghanistan

Majority (58%) say going into Iraq was a mistake; 36% say so about Afghanistan

Event Highlights: Gallup Findings From Afghanistan

Afghans Name Karzai, “No One” as Most Trusted

More than half believe a new government should run the country

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