---
title: "Partisan Gap Over Progress in Iraq"
description: "A huge partisan gap divides Americans on the question of whether the U.S. is making progress in defeating the insurgency in Iraq with 80% of Republicans saying that it is, but only 36% of Democrats agreeing. "
date: "2008-03-05"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/03/05/partisan-gap-over-progress-in-iraq/"
categories:
  - "War & International Conflict"
  - "War & International Conflict"
---

# Partisan Gap Over Progress in Iraq

Views of the Iraq war continue to differ greatly by partisan affiliation with fully 80% of Republicans now saying that the U.S. is making progress in defeating the insurgency in Iraq compared with only 36% of Democrats and 44% of independents. However all partisan groups have become more positive about the progress of the war recently, although still only 38% say that the decision to intervene with military forces in Iraq was the right decision, a view esssentially unchanged over the last year.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/750/obama-lead-problems)