Virginians Want to Bring the Boys Home
A strong majority of voters in Virginia, a state that is home to the Pentagon, Naval Station Norfolk (the world’s largest naval base), U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the fourth highest percentage of veterans of any state, want American troops out of Afghanistan and Libya.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 55 percent of Virginians polled think the United States "should not be involved in Afghanistan now," and 60 percent oppose involvement in Libya.
According to the poll, fewer Virginians support those wars than any of the other people or topics the poll asked about. Only 38 percent now support the Afghan war, and 31 percent support the Libyan military involvement, compared to 42 percent who don't want to repeal the 2010 health care law, 43 percent who would vote to re-elect President Obama, 48 percent who approve of Obama's job performance, 42 percent who would vote for George Allen for senator, and 43 percent who would vote for Tim Kaine.
All those candidates should probably take note of the poll's results on both health care and foreign wars.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,434 registered voters and claims a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points. The poll apparently did not ask about the war in Iraq.
Posted on July 1, 2011 Posted to Cato@Liberty