In interviews conducted March 11-12, new survey data from ABC News and Ipsos finds that a majority of Americans (77%) support banning Russian oil imports even if it means higher gas prices in the U.S. This is in line with other survey research showing more than three-fourths supporting a ban, […] Read more »
Anger at Russian Americans misdirected since most also scorn Putin over Ukraine war
… In a first-of-its-kind Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll of Americans of Russian and Ukrainian heritage, we find that not only those of Ukrainian heritage but also Americans of Russian heritage overwhelmingly disapprove of the war. In fact, most Americans of Russian heritage went beyond disapproving of the war in […] Read more »
Not a distant war: US residents with ties to Russia and Ukraine unite against Putin
Their relatives are at war 5,000 miles away. In the USA, though, residents who identify with their Russian heritage and those who identify with their Ukrainian heritage express strikingly similar views about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a pair of exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University polls finds. The two groups are […] Read more »
Strong support for Russian sanctions even if gas prices increase
The overwhelming support for sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas, and the willingness to pay more as a result, is the kind of widespread sentiment we don’t always see in public opinion these days: bipartisan, cutting across race, region, and even income. And it is driven, Americans say, by a […] Read more »
American Voters Now View Ukraine as Favorably as France, Germany and Japan
As recently as a year ago, many Americans did not know what to make of Ukraine — if they knew anything about it at all. One-third of voters couldn’t say whether it was friendly or unfriendly to the U.S. Not anymore. In a striking — if perhaps not surprising — […] Read more »
Russia is the rare issue on which Democrats and Republicans agree
Almost everything these days has become the victim of partisan polarization. If Democrats like something, then Republicans don’t. If Republicans like something, then Democrats don’t. Partisanship, though, has taken a back seat when it comes to Americans’ views of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Democrats and Republicans largely agree on how […] Read more »