Poll: Obama's Handling of Iran

Rasmussen Reports has some new numbers out measuring reaction to President Obama's handling of the Iranian protests:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a plurality of voters (43%) think the president’s response has been about right....Thirty-five percent (35%) of voters say the president has not been aggressive enough in supporting Iranian reformers, while nine percent (9%) say he has been too aggressive.

Democrats overwhelmingly view the president’s response as about right while 49% of Republicans say he has not been aggressive enough. Voters not affiliated with either party are closely divided on the question.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of all voters say it makes a significant difference in terms of U.S. national security which candidate is elected president of Iran. Twenty-six percent (26%) do not think it makes a difference to America’s security which candidate wins. Twenty percent (20%) aren’t sure.

Only 25% of voters believe Iran is even somewhat likely to become a free, democratic, and peaceful nation in the next few years. Just three percent (3%) say it’s very likely.

Sixty-five percent (65%) say it is not likely that Iran will become free, democratic and peaceful in the short term.