Casualties, Polls, and the Iraq War

Louis J. Klarevas is Clinical Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. The author would like to thank John Mueller for comments on an earlier version of this correspondence and Ali Abidi and Alexandra Romitof or research assistance. All public opinion data referenced in this correspondence are available at http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm.

Christopher Gelpi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University.

Jason Reifler is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. Because of his current service on the National Security Council, Peter Feaver was unable to contribute to this reply.