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The subject of this report is how involved US citizens think we should be in foreign affairs. Presidential candidates could use this in the debate to decide whether or not they should seem eager to get involved or not. They should probably be sure that they don't sound too forceful if most Americans are more concerned with domestic issues.


ASK FORM 2 ONLY [N=749]:
Thinking about Afghanistan…
Q.43F2 From what you’ve read and heard, do you think Barack Obama is removing U.S. troops from
Afghanistan too quickly, not quickly enough or is he handling this about right?

Over time, more people (it's gone up to 50%) support the President in his time line of moving troops out of Afghanistan.

I actually feel like this is a pretty neutral question. However, if you wanted to make is bias towards the "too quickly" answer you could say:
Based on the fact that Afghanistan is still highly unstable, do you think Obama is removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan too quickly, not quickly enough, or about right?


This survey was collected October 4-7 2012. The total sample size was 1,511 adults for all 50 states and DC. I believe the margin of error was 3%. And the confidence of 95%.