Peace negotiations between the U.S. and Taliban negotiators collapsed this past weekend. The cancellation of the talks leaves the future of the war in Afghanistan in question, as Americans’ views of the war effort are holding steady from Gallup’s last measure, conducted four years ago, with 43% currently saying it […] Read more »
Rejecting Retreat: Americans Support US Engagement in Global Affairs
The upending of US foreign policy under the Trump administration, the revolt against establishment politicians, and the rise of the progressive wing in US politics has led many foreign policy experts to conclude that Americans want to retreat from the world. Much of Washington and its foreign policy elite believe […] Read more »
Gallup Vault: U.S. Opinion and the Start of World War II
On Sept. 1, 1939, after previously seizing Austria and Czechoslovakia, Nazi Germany invaded neighboring Poland, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany and thus kicking off World War II in Europe. As all of this was unfolding, in a poll conducted Sept. 1-6, 1939, Gallup asked Americans to […] Read more »
U.S. military confrontation with Iran would be unpopular. Here’s why.
Earlier this summer, after Iran downed an unmanned U.S. military aircraft, President Trump said he had approved — then put a stop to — a U.S. missile strike on Iran. Polling showed most Americans supported aborting the mission. … This unpopularity of intervening in Iran fits with larger public opinion […] Read more »
Do Americans Want War With Iran?
As tensions have escalated once again between Washington and Tehran, most Americans tell Gallup they want to see their country rely more on economic and diplomatic efforts to stop Iran’s nuclear program, rather than take military action. There is broad consensus in these views among supporters of both major political […] Read more »
Schools, corporations and local governments are listening to Trump’s ‘go back’ language. Silence is a dangerous retort
There is a widespread consensus among the leaders of major American institutions that anyone in their workplaces who told someone else to go back where they came from would face serious consequences. But virtually none of those leaders — from schools and universities to big global companies to nonprofits and […] Read more »