Headline Roundup • March 2nd, 2026
One in Four Americans Support Iran Strikes, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
Summary from the AllSides News Team
As the US and Israel continue their military operations against Iran, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found just one in four Americans support the strikes.
New Poll: A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on March 1 found that 27% of survey respondents approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were unsure. Reuters (Center bias) said the poll was conducted during the strikes on Iran between February 28 and March 1 and concluded before the US had announced it sustained a few casualties in the operation. Only 7% of Democrats supported the strikes, as opposed to 55% of Republicans, according to the poll.
Old Poll: On February 28, The New York Times (Lean Left) highlighted a University of Maryland poll from February 5-9 that found 21% of survey respondents said they favored "an attack on Iran under the current circumstances."
How The Media Covered It: The new Reuters/Ipsos poll was covered or mentioned by many mainstream outlets from the left and center. AllSides did not find much coverage from the right. Jack Hunter of The American Conservative (Right) mentioned the poll and wrote, "These are not favorable numbers for this administration. Furthermore, if their narrative is that Team Trump and the US didn't start a war, and in fact are simply ending an ongoing 47-year-long one, that's classic adding insult to injury."
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Featured Coverage of this Story
The public's appetite for a U.S. attack on Iran was low before President Trump and Israel took action on Saturday.
Most Americans said they were either opposed to such action (49 percent) or were not sure (30 percent), according to University of Maryland poll taken two weeks ago.
The White House/Social Media/Handout via REUTERS
Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran's leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.
Some 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure. About nine in 10 respondents said they had heard at least a little about the strikes, which began early on Saturday.
Does Donald Trump think Americans are stupid?
After he announced in a video that "a short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran" to "defend the American people" by eliminating "imminent threats" to Americans at home and abroad, the president then listed some of his reasons for taking the U.S. to war.
Presumably, he would tell us about this threat and just how imminent it was.
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