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Barack Obama's Handling of Afghanistan War

Last Updated: 3/30/10

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of 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Some of the polls included in the average may be outdated since the latest poll for each of the pollsters are averaged in.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	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		48.2%	40.9%
ABC Washington Post	3/23-26/10	53	35
CNN	3/19-21/10	55	42
AP GFK	3/3-8/10	57	32
USA Today Gallup	2/1-3/10	48	47
Quinnipiac	1/5-11/10	45	45
CBS	1/6-10/10	46	38
NBC WSJ	12/11-14/09	46	42
Fox	12/8-9/09	49	44
Bloomberg	12/3-7/09	48	43
Rasmussen Reports	11/19-20/09	35	41

Question Wording by Pollster

ABC Washington Post

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?"

CNN

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?"

AP GFK

"And please tell me if you approve, disapprove or neither approve nor disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling each of the following issues. How about the situation in Afghanistan?" If unsure: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?"

USA Today Gallup

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?"

Quinnipiac

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?"

CBS

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation with Afghanistan?"

NBC WSJ

"Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the war in Afghanistan?"

Fox

"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing on the following issues?... Afghanistan"

Bloomberg

Do you approve or disapprove of the job he [Barack Obama] is doing with managing the war in Afghanistan?"

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