Poll:

Majority of Americans Disapprove of Trump's Iran Handling, Feel Less Safe

TEHRAN (defapress) – Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran situation, feel less safe after the US drone strike on top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and are concerned about a new war in the Middle East, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.

News ID: 79886

Date: 13 January 2020 - 13:48

There is a sharp partisan split in the answers, but independents align pretty well with the overall findings.

The poll found that 56 percent of all US adults and 57 parent of independents disapprove of Trump's handling of his tensions with Tehran, versus 43 percent of both groups who approve of the job Trump's doing with Iran, the Week reported.

When asked if the assassination of Gen. Soleimani made them feel more safe, 28 percent of independents and 25 percent of Americans said yes while 51 percent of independents and 52 percent of all voters said no, they feel less safe now.

The only area of broad partisan agreement was on whether Americans are concerned about the chances of this leading to another Middle Eastern war. A 52 percent majority of Republicans joined the 72 percent of independents, 94 percent of Democrats, and 73 percent of all Americans who said they are somewhat or very concerned about the possibility of a new war in the Middle East, the poll found.

Ipsos conducted the poll Jan. 10-11 among 525 US adults in English and Spanish. The poll's margin of sampling error is ±4.8 percentage points.

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