New York: A majority of Americans are opposed to sending more troops to Iraq, according to a new poll.

The Newsweek poll also found that President George W Bush's well rehearsed address to the nation to win support for a surge in troops in Iraq failed to impress a majority of Americans.

The overall rating for the way Bush is handling the Iraq war has plummeted to an all time low of 24 per cent with whopping 70 per cent disapproving.

Bush's job approval rating remains at its all-time low -- 31 percent. Sixty-two per cent of those polled disapprove of how he is handling his job as president.

 Only 30 per cent say they are satisfied with how things are going in the United States; 62 percent are dissatisfied.

The poll shows that a solid majority of 68 per cent oppose the strategy and only 26 per cent support it.

Of the 68 per cent, 45 per cent strongly oppose over 23 per cent moderately support it. Of the 26 per cent, only 12 per cent strongly support it and remaining moderate favour it.

But 50 per cent want the troop levels to be reduced and only 23 per cent favour increase in the numbers.

Another 18 per cent want to keep the number of troops at the currenet level, finds the poll being published in the upcoming issue of the magazine.

As many as 67 per cent of respondents say they think the United States is losing ground in its efforts to provide security and democracy in Iraq; only 24 per cent say it is making progress.