Americans are divided along party lines when it comes to support for the US war against Iran, several recent polls show.
Most surveys indicate a majority are opposed to Operation Epic Fury, with Democrats far less likely to back President Trump’s military operation in the Middle East than Republicans.
A Quinnipiac University Poll released Monday found 53% of voters are against military action in Iran, while 40% support it.
Among Democrats, 89% are against the war, while 85% of Republicans back it, the survey found. About 60% of independents were opposed as well.
A majority (55%) indicated that they didn’t view Iran as an imminent threat before the Feb. 28 joint US-Israel airstrikes targeting regime leaders and military infrastructure, while 40% said they did see the country as an imminent threat to the US, according to Quinnipiac
The threat question also split Americans along party lines, with 83% of Democrats and 63% of independents responding that Iran didn’t pose an imminent threat, whereas 74% of Republicans argued the opposite.
The latest Fox News poll showed Americans split evenly on the Iran war, with half opposed to and half in support of the fighting.
However, the partisan divide was also evident in the Fox News survey, with about 80% of Democrats voicing opposition to the war and 84% of Republicans indicating support for it.
About 40% of independents surveyed by Fox approved of Trump’s military action against Iran.
Similarly, 90% of Dems disapproved of the airstrikes in a CBS News survey, whereas 85% of Republicans approved. The poll also revealed most Americans (56%) opposed the war.
An NBC News poll found 89% of Democrats were against the US strikes and 77% of Republicans (including 90% of “MAGA” Republicans) in favor of the assault on Iran. Overall, a 54% majority was against the war.
Recent surveys from NPR/PBS/Marist (44%–55%), the Washington Post (39%–52%), CNN (41%–59%) and Reuters/Ipsos (27%–43%) also indicate minority support for the war, according to Fox News.
Trump said Monday afternoon that he believes the war is “going to be finished pretty quickly.”
“I think you’ll see it’s going to be a short-term excursion,” the president said.
