Majority of Americans oppose US military action against Iran: poll

Majority of Americans oppose US military action against Iran: poll.

Key points

• Anwar Iqbal Published September 2, 2026 Updated September 2, 2026 10: 11pm.
• In March, shortly after the conflict began, Republicans and Trump held an eight-point advantage, with 39pc trusting them compared with 31pc who trusted Democrats.
• While 64pc disapprove, just 33pc of respondents in the four-day survey remarked they approve of Trump's performance in the White House.
• The poll discovered that 58pc of Americans believed the war with Iran had not been worth it, including 41pc who strongly held that view.
• The poll, conducted online, gathered responses from 1, 166 US adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.

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WASHINGTON: Opposition to the US military campaign against Iran has reached its highest level in six months, with 54 per cent of Americans now opposing the military action, compared with 39pc who backing it, according to a new poll issued on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the survey was conducted by Global Strategy Group, a US public-opinion and political research firm, for Navigator Research, a public-opinion research project that regularly tracks American attitudes towards politics, the economy and major policy problems.

Opposition to the war was particularly solid among independent voters, with 66pc saying they resisted the US military campaign.

Democrats additionally held a narrow edge over President Donald Trump and Republicans on handling the Iran conflict, with 36pc trusting Democrats compared with 32pc for Trump and Republicans, reversing an eight-point Republican advantage in March.

Notably, the poll discovered that 58pc of Americans believed the war with Iran had not been worth it, including 41pc who strongly held that view. Only 34pc remarked the war had been worth it.

When 50pc held that view, the latest figure represents an eight-point growth in the share saying the conflict had not been worth it since April.

Notably, the findings additionally demonstrated a shift in which political party Americans trust more to handle the conflict. Democrats now hold a four-point advantage over President Donald Trump and Republicans, with 36pc saying they trust Democrats more and 32pc choosing Republicans.

Last month, US President Donald Trump's approval rating plummeted to the lowest level of his presidency, with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned that the war on Iran would last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Some 80pc of Americans – including 87pc of Democrats and 71pc of Republicans – think US involvement in Iran "will go on for an extended period of time, " the poll discovered.

Just 16pc remarked the conflict would probable end in a few weeks.

In practice, the poll, conducted online, gathered responses from 1, 166 US adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.

Anwar Iqbal is the Washington correspondent for Dawn. During a long journalism career, he has interviewed world leaders and cultural icons, including US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, poets Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Josh Malihabadi, Bacha Khan, Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi.

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