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Miles Archer

(23,714 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:40 PM Apr 12

CBS News/YouGov poll on Grampy's war: 68% worried, 57% stressed, 54% angry, 32% confident, 29% "proud"

Trump’s war on Iran continues to plummet in popularity among Americans.

A new poll from CBS News/YouGov, conducted between April 8 and April 10, revealed some damning findings about domestic sentiments over Trump’s war on Iran, showing that more Americans are starting to become fed up with the administration’s antics.

The poll found that most Americans feel uncomfortable with the war, with 68 percent worried, 57 percent stressed, and 54 percent angry about the conflict. The poll also found that only 32 percent feel either safe or confident about the conflict, and 29 percent feel proud about the United States’s role in it.

Americans polled said that the top priorities for the war are to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and its oil access, make sure Iran’s people are safe and free, stop the nation’s nuclear programs, and stop it from threatening other countries.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-with-new-poll-as-americans-rail-against-him-over-iran-war/

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CBS News/YouGov poll on Grampy's war: 68% worried, 57% stressed, 54% angry, 32% confident, 29% "proud" (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 12 OP
Okay but the strait was open before the war started senseandsensibility Apr 12 #1
I think a lot of pro-Trumpers have swept that one under the rug... Miles Archer Apr 12 #5
Dems should be screaming about it though senseandsensibility Apr 12 #6
I can't second-guess how anyone's thinking right now, with any degree of accuracy, but one option is... Miles Archer Apr 12 #7
That 32% is his floor JBTaurus83 Apr 12 #2
One can find 32% of Americans moonscape Apr 12 #8
The 29% "Proud" are insane Funtatlaguy Apr 12 #3
I Found That Weird As A Poll Option ProfessorGAC Apr 12 #9
Proud that he supports and promotes White Nationalism and Fascism. They love him. walkingman Apr 12 #4

Miles Archer

(23,714 posts)
5. I think a lot of pro-Trumpers have swept that one under the rug...
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:55 PM
Apr 12

...and the ones who reluctantly admit it generally counter with another one of his lies, like "Yeah, but we were TWO WEEKS AWAY from being NUKED by IRAN and he SAVED us."

That "proud" 29% ain't budgin' any time soon.

senseandsensibility

(25,168 posts)
6. Dems should be screaming about it though
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:01 PM
Apr 12

There could be lots of Independents who also don't know that, and maybe even some D's. We can't assume that people are paying attention.

Miles Archer

(23,714 posts)
7. I can't second-guess how anyone's thinking right now, with any degree of accuracy, but one option is...
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:11 PM
Apr 12

...that things are SO VOLATILE and JINGOISTIC and saturated in toxic male masculinity in the messaging from Trump & Hegseth (and everyone carrying their water) that "maybe" Dems are stepping back so Grampy can hang himself with his own rope.

I spoke with a friend in Southern California who said she's paying 6 bucks per gallon for gas. Here, it's pushing 5 bucks.

And we went to the grocery store today and dropped $125 on groceries that may have been doubled in volume at this time a year ago.

The only "wild card" here is how much of this he can blame on Biden, or Obama, and we've heard him "vent" about Obama's nuke deal. And he's running just as fast as his little bone spur-ridden feet will take him to get BACK TO IT, but without Obama's SIGNATURE, which will make it SO MUCH BETTER.

That's the pathology we're dealing with. He wanted to erase one more piece of Obama's legacy while distracting us from Epstein.

Sounds stupid as all hell, I know, but also accurate as hell.

ProfessorGAC

(76,977 posts)
9. I Found That Weird As A Poll Option
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:13 PM
Apr 12

Worried, stressed, angry aren't alternatives to proud.
Ashamed, embarrassed or the like.
Then 32% confident.
Where was the choice for pessimistic? Yeah they asked about how it's going and some said badly. But going badly is not the opposite of "confident".
I just found the framing of the whole poll odd.

walkingman

(10,982 posts)
4. Proud that he supports and promotes White Nationalism and Fascism. They love him.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:50 PM
Apr 12

This is the result of the fact that the American voter are living in a world that is made up of magical sky gods and admiration of wealth.

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