59% of Americans Oppose the Military Action in Iran

March 4, 2026

Three high-quality polls taken after the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran on Saturday show that a majority of Americans are not on board with the military action.

About 60 percent of Americans disapproved of the attacks, according to a CNN poll conducted immediately after the strikes. Two other polls, by Reuters/Ipsos and The Washington Post, had similar results.

All three polls found that Republicans were generally supportive, even as most of them also said that they wanted America to pull back on foreign wars. Democrats were nearly universally opposed.

A majority of Americans — 56 percent — said that President Trump was too willing to use military force to advance U.S. interests, in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, while 35 percent said he had been about right. Five percent thought Mr. Trump was not willing enough to use force.

A Fox News poll, also taken in the days after the initial strike, showed Americans evenly split on the attacks. The results may have been influenced, though, by the placement of the prompt after a number of questions about the conflict.

It is not uncommon for support to swell in the beginning days of a military conflict, but the approval typically fades over time. A vast majority of Americans supported the Iraq War, but their backing fell nearly 30 percentage points as the conflict wore on.

Public opinion has likely not yet crystallized in the days after the attacks on Iran. Nearly a third of Americans — 29 percent in the CNN poll — said they were not paying much attention.

The Times will occasionally feature polling that illustrates how Americans are feeling about the issues of the day. The numbers come from high-quality polls with a record for accuracy and rigorous methods.

Ruth Igielnik is a Times polling editor who conducts polls and analyzes and reports on the results.

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