Just got some cross tabs from Susan Page at USA Today on the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll. Some encouraging news, considering the history of support* for Bush’s Iraq policy among the majority of white evangelicals…

A majority of those who attend religious services weekly oppose President Bush’s move to increase U.S. troops levels in Iraq and support the idea of Congress setting a timetable to bring U.S. forces home by the end of ’08.

Those who say they attend religious services weekly were more supportive of the administration's move to increase U.S. troops levels in Iraq. But a majority still opposed that idea.

Attend church weekly: 46% favor troop increase, 53% oppose.
Nearly weekly/monthly: 35% favor, 62% oppose.
Seldom/never: 34% favor, 63% oppose.

Those who say they attend religious services weekly were the least likely to support the idea of Congress setting a timetable to bring U.S. forces home by the end of next year. But a majority still supported the proposal.

Attend church weekly: 56% support, 41% oppose.
Nearly weekly/monthly: 68% support, 31% oppose
Seldom/never: 65% support, 33% oppose

[USA Today/Gallup Poll, Feb. 9-10, 2007]

Since last month, four percent of weekly-church-attendees moved from the "don't know/undecided" category into "oppose" President Bush's proposed increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq:

Attend church weekly: 46% support, 49% oppose
Nearly weekly/monthly: 39% support, 60% oppose
Seldom/never: 30% support, 68% oppose.

[USA Today/Gallup Poll, Jan. 12-14]

Looking at the numbers another way, we also know from last month’s AP Ipsos poll, 60 percent of white evangelical Christians oppose sending more U.S. forces to Iraq.

[AP Ipsos, Jan. 8-10]

*(According to an October 2006 Pew poll, 58% of white evangelicals surveyed felt the US made the right decision in using force in Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein, compared to 71 percent in a previous poll in September 2006.)