CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Support in New Hampshire for the war in Iraq and for President Bush is dropping, according to a Concord Monitor poll.

Almost 60 percent of voters polled last week indicated they believed the war in Iraq was not worth fighting and 53 percent said they felt misled about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

A majority of both Democrats and independents said they wanted soldiers out in a year or less while a majority of Republicans said they wanted the soldiers out within two years. Fewer than 20 percent of Republicans said troops should remain as long as it takes to get the job done.

Bush’s job performance ratings also recorded a drop since a similar poll was taken in July. This summer, 44 percent of those polled rated Bush’s performance as good or excellent. Only 39 percent gave him that rating this month. The majority, 56 percent, rated him as fair or poor.

The poll was conducted by Research 2000, a nonpartisan polling firm in Maryland. The results were based on interviews with 600 likely voters throughout the state on Nov. 20 and 22. Thirty seven percent of those interviewed were independents, 33 percent were Republicans and 30 percent were Democrats.

The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 4 percent.

“The biggest and most dramatic jump is a majority of people now think the administration misled the American people about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction,” said Del Ali, president of the polling firm.

Warren Henderson, chairman of the Republican State Committee, said he thought the questions were biased, leading to flawed results.

“These are the questions I’d expect Cindy Sheehan to ask, frankly,” Henderson said, referring to the mother who’s been pressuring Bush to end the war since her son was killed in Iraq.

Henderson objected to a question that asked how voters rated Bush’s handling of the postwar occupation of Iraq, saying it was unfair to call the war an “occupation.”

Pollsters also asked New Hampshire voters about their views on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Only 7 percent of Republicans viewed him unfavorably. Among Democrats and independents, the figure was just over 20 percent. Close to half of those polled said they had no opinion on Alito.