Despite the ongoing security threats, the sluggish economy, lower oil prices, and continued sectarian tensions, the new Haider al-Abadi government has an encouraging level of support from the Iraqi people according to a national survey conducted from December 2014 to January 2015. This confidence in the Abadi government, which spans religious sects, is fragile, though, and depends largely on the ability of Abadi to deliver solutions in the near future.