Trump’s popularity hits record low amid Iran war, finds Reuters Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s popularity has hit a record low as Washington remains engaged in the prolonged conflict with Iran, with the American public’s approval of the conflict falling to its lowest level, a poll by Reuters Ipsos analysed on Monday.

The poll over a period of four days surveyed 1,215 American adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction. It was reported that a mere 31 per cent of Americans supported the US military action against Iran, a number which slid down from the previous Reuters Ipsos Poll in March that recorded 37 per cent and another earlier this month at 34 per cent.

As per the Reuters Ipsos poll, some 69 per cent of Republican respondents support the war, compared with 77 per cent in March. The decline was driven by fewer self-identified Republicans backing the conflict.

Notably, some 83 per cent of the country thought that the conflict with Iran would go on “for an extended period of time,” the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found, up from 80 per cent earlier this month.

Reuters/Ipsos poll | 8/21-8/24

(Registered voters)
President Trump approval
Disapprove 63%
Approve 37%
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Democratic 41%
Republican 35%
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President Trump approval
Disapprove 65%
Approve 33%
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Meanwhile, independent voters in the poll favoured Democrats over Republicans — 33 per cent to 19 per cent — when they were asked as to whom they would vote for in congressional elections if the election were held today.

The fall in Trump’s ratings comes as the President had campaigned for his victory run to the 2024 presidential election, riding the tide of controlling inflation and avoiding lengthy military conflicts. Now six months into the war with Iran, US gasoline prices are more than a dollar higher per gallon than they were before the war, Reuters reported.

As developments follow in the region, the United States issued fresh wave of actions on individuals and entities which it said were involved in the Iranian regime’s “weapons procurement; cyber intrusions into U.S. energy, defense, and health infrastructure; and the illicit oil shipments that fund terrorism across the Middle East.”

The United States is targeting individuals and entities involved in the Iranian regime’s weapons procurement; cyber intrusions into U.S. energy, defense, and health infrastructure; and the illicit oil shipments that fund terrorism across the Middle East. We call on the…

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