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A few weeks after the United States withdrew its last troops from Afghanistan, the Biden administration continues to receive low marks for its handling of the situation there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chart<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About a quarter of Americans (24%) say the administration has done an excellent or good job in dealing with the situation in Afghanistan; 26% say it has done an only fair job, while 48% say it has done a poor job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These views are little changed from late August<\/a>, when the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan was in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As was the case in August, Republicans assess the administration\u2019s handling of the situation in Afghanistan more negatively than Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats remain divided over the administration\u2019s performance: Four-in-ten say the administration has done an excellent or good job on the situation in Afghanistan; a similar share (38%) say it has done an only fair job, while 20% say it has done a poor job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, a large majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (83%) say the Biden administration has done a poor job handling the situation in Afghanistan. Conservative Republicans are 20 percentage points more likely than moderate and liberal Republicans to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. evacuated thousands of Afghans from the country in the last weeks of August. Most Americans (91%) say they have heard at least a little about Afghans fleeing their country and coming to the U.S.; 39% say they have heard a lot about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chart<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A majority of the public (56%) say they favor admitting thousands of Afghan refugees to the U.S., while 42% are opposed. These views are deeply divided by partisanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than six-in-ten Republicans (63%) either strongly (29%) or somewhat (34%) oppose the U.S. admitting thousands of refugees from Afghanistan into the country. About a third (35%) say they favor admitting these refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats largely favor the U.S. admitting thousands of Afghan refugees. Three-quarters are in favor, including a third who say they strongly favor this. Liberal Democrats (87%) are more likely than conservative and moderate Democrats (66%) to favor this. About half of liberal Democrats (49%) say they strongly<\/em> favor admitting these refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also wide partisan gaps in views of whether the U.S. government is conducting sufficient security screening of refugees from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overall, about one-in-ten Americans say they are very confident that the government is conducting adequate security screening of refugees arriving in the U.S. from Afghanistan; 31% say they are somewhat confident, 27% say they are not too confident and 28% say they are not at all confident that the government is adequately screening refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans are broadly skeptical of the job the government is doing: 54% say they are not at all confident that the U.S. government is conducting adequate security screening of refugees. This includes six-in-ten conservative Republicans. Moderate and liberal Republicans are slightly more confident in the screening process, though three-quarters say they are not too (33%) or not at all confident (42%) the government is providing adequate screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-thirds of Democrats say they are at least somewhat confident that the government is conducting adequate security screening of refugees from Afghanistan. About three-in-ten liberal Democrats say they are very confident in this, compared with 12% of moderate and conservative Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORRECTION (Aug. 16, 2022): A previous version of this report misstated the share of Republicans who rated the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the situation in Afghanistan as poor (82%), as well as the difference between conservative Republicans and moderate\/liberal Republicans who gave this rating (21 points). The figures in the chart were correct. This change does not affect the report\u2019s substantive findings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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