Poll: 37% support Obama's Afghanistan plan, 38% oppose

A majority of Democrats support the president’s overall plan, while a plurality of Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party are opposed. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats support both sending more troops and the establishment of a timetable for withdrawal. Just 12% of unaffiliated voters support both.

Among all voters, 37% now say the president is doing a good or an excellent job on Afghanistan, while 36% give him poor marks. Those figures reflect a slight improvement from before the speech.

Asked about their general preference for Afghanistan policy, 50% of voters favor increasing the number of U.S. troops in that country while 35% would like to reduce the number of troops.