Plurality of survey respondents disapproved of Iran strikes
Recent poling shows that only one out of four Americans approved of the Iran strikes. A plurality of the respondents, 43%, disapproved of military force against Iran. Broken down by party affiliation, the majority of Democrats opposed attacking Iran while a majority of the Republicans approved hitting Iran. When informed of this polling, President Trump stood by his decision, explaining the action as necessary.
From Fox News:
Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said they approved of the strikes, with 43% disapproving and nearly three in 10 not sure.
But there’s a partisan divide, with Republicans by a 55%-32% margin supportive of the military action. The vast majority of Democrats, 73%, disapproved of the strikes, with only seven percent saying they approved. A plurality of independents, 44%, disapproved of the military attack, with 19% supportive and nearly four in 10 unsure.
The poll was conducted before the U.S. military announced on Sunday the first U.S. casualties in the operation — three service members killed and five more seriously wounded.
“I think that the polling is very good, but I don’t care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do the right thing. This should have been done a long time ago,” Trump said in an interview Monday with the New York Post when asked about the new survey.
The joint U.S.-Israeli operation is expected to carry on for days, with officials telling Fox News that Israel is targeting Iranian leadership, while the U.S. is attacking military targets and ballistic missile sites that pose an “imminent threat.”
The attack has plunged the volatile Middle East into a new and unpredictable conflict. Iran has retaliated against Israel and other nations in the region. Trump on Sunday warned against Iranian retaliation, saying that if Iran were to “hit very hard,” they would be met with “a force that has never been seen before.”
Additional Reading:
Steinhauser, P. (2026, March 2). 1 in 4 Americans back Trump’s Iran strikes, most say he’s too quick to use force: Poll. Fox News. Link.
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