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Troops in Afghanistan
Q. Thinking about the Australian troops in Afghanistan, do you think Australia should –
Total
11 Oct 10 |
Labor | Liberal | Greens | 21 June 10 | March 09 | ||
Increase the number of troops in Afghanistan | 13% | 10% | 20% | 6% | 7% | 14% | |
Keep the same number of troops in Afghanistan | 24% | 26% | 29% | 14% | 24% | 24% | |
Withdraw our troops from Afghanistan | 49% | 50% | 41% | 73% | 61% | 50% | |
Don’t know | 14% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 12% |
49% of respondents believe Australia should withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, 24% think we should keep the same number and 13% think the numbers should be increased.
Support for withdrawal has dropped from the 61% recorded in June but is similar to the result recorded in March last year.
50% of Labor voters and 73% of Greens voters support withdrawal but 49% of Liberal/National voters favour maintaining or increasing the number of troops.

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