Most Americans say no one is winning in Iraq: poll

Sixty percent of the U.S. public said no one is winning in Iraq, a new poll released on Monday showed.

The CNN poll, conducted over the past three days, found that only one in five of those surveyed believed the United States was winning the war in Iraq, a number that had dropped by half since December last year.

Eighteen percent, on the other hand, believed insurgents were winning in Iraq, according to the poll, which was conducted of 1, 013 adult Americans and had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Nearly two-thirds - 64 percent - of those polled opposed the war in Iraq, and 57 percent wanted the United States to announce it would pull all its troops from Iraq by a certain date.

The poll also found increased pessimism for the war on terrorism. Sixty percent were dissatisfied with the way things were going for the United States in that effort, up from 53 percent in September.

With two weeks to go before the congressional elections, the poll found that 51 percent of those interviewed believed Democrats would do a better job on Iraq, while 40 percent said Republicans would.

Source: Xinhua