War Presidents and Public Opinion Polls

Articles & Excerpts

• NYT Discovers that A Duke U. Political Scientist Influenced Bush to Emphasize Victory to Maintain Public Support

   

• Have Americans Usually Supported Their Wars?

   

• What the Public Will Stomach By Lawrence F. Kaplan

   

• Did Public Opinion Really Shift After Tet?

   

• Do War Presidents Do Better at the Polls? By David Greenberg

HNN Polls

• Can Bush Make a Comeback? (10-31-05)

   

• Is Iraq Developing into a Quagmire? (8-25-05)

   

• Iraq: Are We at a Turning Point? (4-6-04)

   

• What Can President Bush Do to Win If Iraq Remains a Mess? (1-26-04)