HAMDEN – In the wake of this past weekend’s U.S. air strikes against Iran, 42% of voters support the Trump administration joining Israel in military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, while 51% oppose it, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Republicans (81%-15%) support the United States joining Israel in military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, while Democrats (75%-15%) and independents (60%-35%) oppose it.
The poll of 979 self-identified registered voters nationwide took place between June 22 and June 24. There is a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Here are the results of more specific questions asked:
Will the strikes make Americans safer or less safe?
Fifty percent of voters think U.S. military strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program would make Americans less safe, while 42% think they would make Americans safer.
Vast majority concerned U.S. will get drawn into a war with Iran
Seventy-eight percent of voters are either very concerned (44%) or somewhat concerned (34%) about the possibility that the United States will get drawn into a war with Iran, while 22 percent are either not so concerned (13%) or not concerned at all (9%).
Other key findings
Forty-two percent of voters think the U.S. is too supportive of Israel, which is an all-time high since Quinnipiac University first asked this question of registered voters in January 2017.
Five percent of voters think the U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel, which is an all-time low since January 2017.
Fifty percent of voters support Israel’s military strikes against nuclear and military sites inside Iran, while 40% oppose them, and 10% did not offer an opinion.
