Americans overwhelmingly favor increased economic sanctions against Russia and broadly support further action to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but most oppose direct US military action, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Eighty-three percent of Americans said they favored increased economic sanctions against Russia in response to […] Read more »
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll: A majority says Biden’s first year was a failure
Rising inflation, a continuing pandemic, a foreign policy misstep in Afghanistan and Democratic infighting all marred President Biden’s first year, and now a majority of respondents to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll say his first year was a “failure.” In all, 56% said Biden’s first year in office was a […] Read more »
56% of Americans think Biden’s first year was a failure
When President Joe Biden gives his State of the Union address on March 1, he’ll be facing an American public that is largely dissatisfied with his presidency so far, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. A majority of Americans — 56 percent — say Biden’s time in office to […] Read more »
Post-ABC poll finds bipartisan support for sanctions on Russia as it invades Ukraine
A large and bipartisan majority of Americans supports economic sanctions on Russia for its military invasion of Ukraine, as public antipathy toward Russia climbs to Cold War levels, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. But while the invasion has produced a bipartisan and sharply negative consensus about Russia, it […] Read more »
Negative views of Russia near Cold War levels amid Ukraine crisis
Negative views of Russia have advanced to levels last seen during the Cold War and Americans broadly support sanctions in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine — although support subsides to half if those sanctions raise energy prices in the United States. President Joe Biden, for his part, gets more […] Read more »
Public Sees Russia-Ukraine Conflict as Critical Threat
Before the invasion of Ukraine, amid rising tensions between Russia and the West, 52% of Americans see the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as a critical threat to U.S. vital interests. That’s a change from 2015, after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, when less than half of U.S. adults, 44%, […] Read more »