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Support for the Afghanistan War in Australia

Last Updated: 6/15/09

Do you favor or oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan?

Some of the polls included in the average may be outdated since the latest poll for each of the pollsters are averaged in.

Pollster	Date	Favor	Oppose
AVERAGE		32.0%	57.0%
Essential Research	5/4-10/09	36	49
Newspoll	3/20-22/09	28	65

Question Wording by Pollster

Essential Research

Prime minister Kevin Rudd has announced the commitment of another 450 troops to Afghanistan which will bring the total number of Australian troops to about 1,550. Do you support or oppose this increase in the number of Australian forces in Afghanistan?

Newspoll

Thinking now about Australia�s involvement in the war in Afghanistan. If the United States government were to ask the Australian government to send more troops to Afghanistan, would you personally be in favour or against sending more Australian troops?

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