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==Opinion polls==
==Opinion polls==
Noteworthy due to widespread reporting in the media that President Bush's approval has been affected due to the Iraq War effort, in a May 15, 2007 Gallup Poll titled <b>"Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%,"</b> <ref> http://www.galluppoll.com/content/Default.aspx?ci=27589 </ref> the poll found that ONLY twenty-nine percent (29%) of Americans approve of Congress, "down slightly from last month's reading of thirty three percent and this year's high point of thirty seven percent, while Bush's approval rating is holding steady at 33%." The poll further notes that <b>according to the May 10-13, 2007, Gallup Poll, 64% of Americans disapprove and only 29% approve of the way Congress is handling its job. Congressional approval is down 4 percentage points since last month, and is 3 points lower than the 32% average measured during the first five months of the year</b>. Even though Democrats now control both houses of Congress, the poll shows that <b>only 37% of Democrats approve of the job Congress is doing right now</b>. These marks are, however, significantly better than those given to Congress by independents (24%) and Republicans (25%). Democrats have been more likely than Republicans to approve of Congress this year, whereas Republicans expressed a higher level of approval prior to the change of power experienced after the midterm congressional elections in November 2006...
Noteworthy due to widespread reporting in the media that President Bush's approval has been affected due to the Iraq War effort, in a May 15, 2007 Gallup Poll titled <b>"Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%,"</b> <ref> http://www.galluppoll.com/content/Default.aspx?ci=27589 </ref> the poll found that ONLY twenty-nine percent (29%) of Americans approve of Congress, "down slightly from last month's reading of thirty three percent and this year's high point of thirty seven percent, while Bush's approval rating is holding steady at 33%." The poll further notes that <b>according to the May 10-13, 2007, Gallup Poll, 64% of Americans disapprove and only 29% approve of the way Congress is handling its job. Congressional approval is down 4 percentage points since last month, and is 3 points lower than the 32% average measured during the first five months of the year</b>. Even though Democrats now control both houses of Congress, the poll shows that <b>only 37% of Democrats approve of the job Congress is doing right now</b>. These marks are, however, significantly better than those given to Congress by independents (24%) and Republicans (25%). Democrats have been more likely than Republicans to approve of Congress this year, whereas Republicans expressed a higher level of approval prior to the change of power experienced after the midterm congressional elections in November 2006...
This 3-4 percentage drop in approval rating for the Congress is unlikely to be due to changes in Republican sentiment over the War, because Republicans have been supportive of the war effort all along, as evidenced by Senator McCain in a piece titled <i>McCain: Iraq War "Necessary And Just"</i> (April 07), where McCain insisted that Bush's troop increase showed "glimmers of progress." The piece cited the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll which showed that, <b>among Republicans, roughly three in four say the United States made the right decision in going to war and call the cause worthy.</b>
<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/11/politics/main2670426.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_2670426</ref> And, on May 8, 2007, in "McCain: Progress in Iraq may turn opinions on war" it states, "<b>more than half of Americans who identify themselves as Republican say they support Bush's execution of the war.</b>" <ref> http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070508/NEWS09/705080330/1056 </ref>
Iraqi opposition to the American presence, both politically and militarily, has gradually increased since 2003. A secret British Ministry of Defence poll conducted in late 2005 found that 82 percent of Iraqis were "strongly opposed" to the presence of Coalition soldiers in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml Secret MoD poll: Iraqis support attacks on British troops], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref> The same poll found support for Iraqi rebels at 45%, rising to 65% in Maysan province, although a poll by the IRI in March 2006 found 78% of respondents answered that "violence is never acceptable"<ref>[http://www.iri.org/mena/iraq/pdfs/2006-04-27-Iraq%20poll%20March%20March.ppt Downloadable PowerPoint], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref>.
Iraqi opposition to the American presence, both politically and militarily, has gradually increased since 2003. A secret British Ministry of Defence poll conducted in late 2005 found that 82 percent of Iraqis were "strongly opposed" to the presence of Coalition soldiers in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml Secret MoD poll: Iraqis support attacks on British troops], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref> The same poll found support for Iraqi rebels at 45%, rising to 65% in Maysan province, although a poll by the IRI in March 2006 found 78% of respondents answered that "violence is never acceptable"<ref>[http://www.iri.org/mena/iraq/pdfs/2006-04-27-Iraq%20poll%20March%20March.ppt Downloadable PowerPoint], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref>.