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ancianita

(43,229 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:45 PM Yesterday

Just 27% of Americans approve of Iran strikes, poll finds

Source: The Guardian

Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.

About 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure. About nine in 10 respondents said they had heard at least a little about the strikes, which began early on Saturday.

About 56% of Americans think Trump, who has also ordered strikes in Venezuela, Syria and Nigeria in recent months, is too willing to use military force to advance US interests. The vast majority of Democrats - 87% - held this view, as did 23% of Republicans and 60% of people who don’t identify with either political party.

The poll, which began on Saturday after the strikes got underway, gathered responses online from 1,282 US adults nationwide. It had a margin of error of three percentage points.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69a4940c8f0863f6a3eff59f#block-69a4940c8f0863f6a3eff59f

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Just 27% of Americans approve of Iran strikes, poll finds (Original Post) ancianita Yesterday OP

That's a BUNCH of those MAGA motherfuckers still in the Orange Bastard fucking camp. SoFlaBro Yesterday #1

Indeed, though the poll might not represent all his voters. Some of this group might have forgotten that ancianita Yesterday #4

Orange Bastard fucked it up because he is a piss-soaked shitbird. SoFlaBro 6 hrs ago #11

That's about it. They will support anything he says or does, no matter how bad it is. mdbl Yesterday #5

The fool me once... Fool me twice.... Fool me 50 times and maybe I don't believe you LiberalArkie Yesterday #2

lol they're way past 50 times ancianita 6 hrs ago #12

I saw a shift in the locals yesterday UpInArms Yesterday #3

Oil Markets Reopen @ 6PM EST modrepub Yesterday #6

Thanks. ancianita Yesterday #7

The poll was taken before any U.S. deaths and wounded were reported progree Yesterday #8

MaddowBlog-Why public skepticism of the offensive in Iran was inevitable -- and entirely Trump's fault LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #9

Awesome. Thank you. ancianita 8 hrs ago #10

SoFlaBro

(3,769 posts)

1. That's a BUNCH of those MAGA motherfuckers still in the Orange Bastard fucking camp.

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:51 PM

Yesterday

ancianita

(43,229 posts)

4. Indeed, though the poll might not represent all his voters. Some of this group might have forgotten that

Reply to SoFlaBro (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:17 PM

Yesterday

in his first term, Trump blew up the Iranian Agreement that included inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the primary international body that sends inspectors to nuclear facilities worldwide to ensure nuclear material is used only for peaceful purposes.

He had control then, but he wanted to do his usual create-a-problem-so-he-can-be-the-great-warrior-savior, and now in the felon's second term, here we are with dead innocent Iranians and dead U.S. military personnel.

SoFlaBro

(3,769 posts)

11. Orange Bastard fucked it up because he is a piss-soaked shitbird.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:31 PM

6 hrs ago

mdbl

(8,479 posts)

5. That's about it. They will support anything he says or does, no matter how bad it is.

Reply to SoFlaBro (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:23 PM

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LiberalArkie

(19,625 posts)

2. The fool me once... Fool me twice.... Fool me 50 times and maybe I don't believe you

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:52 PM

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ancianita

(43,229 posts)

12. lol they're way past 50 times

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:45 PM

6 hrs ago

UpInArms

(54,667 posts)

3. I saw a shift in the locals yesterday

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 02:56 PM

Yesterday

when I was in town …

Hmmmmm

modrepub

(4,045 posts)

6. Oil Markets Reopen @ 6PM EST

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 04:01 PM

Yesterday

I suspect spot prices are going to go up significantly. Wonder how folks will feel as gas prices climb along with transportation costs?

I mean maybe a democratic friendly government will materialize in Iran from thin air before Monday, right? That’s what appears to be Trump and the Republican plan as of Saturday if I’m reading the POTUS posts correctly. I’m sure the M$M will be able to properly assess the reality, don’t ya think?

ancianita

(43,229 posts)

7. Thanks.

Reply to modrepub (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 04:06 PM

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Your read of the fallout is as good as I've encountered so far.

Let's see what new polling looks like in another week or two.

progree

(12,882 posts)

8. The poll was taken before any U.S. deaths and wounded were reported

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:36 PM

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Now we've got 3 U.S. dead and 5 seriously wounded the latest I've read...

So it's not a zero U.S. casualties situation like the strikes on Iran last June, or the Maduro regime-change operation, that some may have expected again, so I will be watching for polls taken after that news.

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,204 posts)

9. MaddowBlog-Why public skepticism of the offensive in Iran was inevitable -- and entirely Trump's fault

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:27 PM

9 hrs ago

The president didn’t make the case for war. The resulting polling data was inevitable.

*Of course* the initial round of polling shows weak public support for the offensive in Iran:

The public didnâ€™t want another war, and Trump never even tried to make the case. The results were inevitable. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-02T13:04:01.354Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-public-skepticism-of-the-offensive-in-iran-was-inevitable-and-entirely-trumps-fault

As Donald Trump moved the nation closer to a military conflict with Iran, there was some quantifiable evidence that suggested the American mainstream was not prepared for war. A University of Maryland poll released two weeks ago, for example, found that only about 1 in 5 Americans (21%) expressed support for the United States initiating an attack on Iran.....

Those national surveys, however, were conducted before the U.S. military offensive began. Would public attitudes change after the bombs started falling? Evidently not. Reuters reported on its first poll, conducted with Ipsos, on the crisis.

Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.

Some 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure.

The same data found that a 56% majority of Americans think Trump is too willing to use military force to advance U.S. interests, which seems reasonable given the number of countries he’s attacked over the last year.....

For the White House, the survey data has to be discouraging, but if the president wants to know why exactly the American mainstream is not on board with the operation, he has no one to blame but himself.

Ahead of the U.S. offensive in Iraq in 2003, George W. Bush at least made the effort to prepare the nation for war. The president’s policy proved disastrous, but before launching the offensive he told the public what he was doing, why he was doing it, why he saw the mission as necessary and what he hoped to accomplish. While the failed policy ultimately proved wildly unpopular, when “shock and awe” got underway in Baghdad, polls showed strong public support.

Trump didn’t bother with any comparable efforts. Indeed, the Republican incumbent apparently didn’t see the point in informing the public about, or even trying to convince it of, the merits of his policy — to the extent that he has a policy beyond “drop bombs and hope it all works out.”

The president, in other words, didn’t make the case for war. The resulting polling data was inevitable.

ancianita

(43,229 posts)

10. Awesome. Thank you.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:42 PM

8 hrs ago

I like the sound of inevitable when it comes to the felon's demise.

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