The slimmest majority of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll supports the Trump administration’s missile strike on Syria, with strongly partisan opinions, muted appetite for further action, little confidence it’ll achieve the desired effect – and majority concerns about the impact on U.S. relations with Russia. CONT. Gary […] Read more »
What Americans think about U.S. strike on Syria
Fifty-seven percent of Americans approve of the airstrike against Syrian military targets – calling immoral the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons that led to the strike – but most are leery of any military involvement beyond airstrikes, a CBS News poll shows. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Support for Syria Strikes Rates Low in Historical Context
Americans’ support for the military strikes against Syria last week is historically low compared with reactions to previous U.S. military actions. Fifty percent of Americans approve of the missile airstrikes, while 41% disapprove. Ten percent have no opinion. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Will Trump Benefit From A ‘Rally Around The Flag’ Effect After The Syria Airstrike?
Most foreign policy entanglements do not result in a “rally around the flag” event — when a president’s popularity jumps because Americans rally behind their commander-in-chief. That’s according to a 2001 study by William Baker of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences and John Oneal of the University of […] Read more »
Americans hated the idea of strikes against Syria in 2013. But Trump’s could be different.
President Trump’s decision to launch missile strikes at a Syrian airfield in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians marks a major escalation in U.S. involvement in the country’s civil war — and is an action that Americans overwhelmingly opposed four years ago. But while it will take days […] Read more »
Trump Family Leave, Infrastructure Proposals Widely Popular
Americans are far more likely to agree than disagree with President Donald Trump’s proposals to require companies to provide family leave for parents of a newborn and to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure. A majority also agree with his proposal to significantly cut income taxes for the middle class and […] Read more »