Anxiety about the war has been declining since August 2008, according to Rasmussen, when America's financial system began to seize up and the severity of the recession became clear.

据拉斯姆森的研究表明，自从2008年8月份以来，当美国金融体系运转不畅，经济衰退的严重性开始明显起来，对于战争的忧虑一直在降低。