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Voters are torn as conflicts escalate in the Middle East Israel’s Decided to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, but they agreed that Iran is a national security threat and that what happened abroad is important to American life
73% of registered voters believe Iran poses a real threat to the United States, up 13 points from six years ago (the last time the question was raised).
“The feeling of Iran posed a threat is becoming more and more real, but it also reflects the unique timing and situation surrounding that poll,” said Republican pollster Daron Shaw. “The poll was conducted on site, as the images of Iranian missiles landing in Tel Aviv are dominated by television and the internet – the immediacy and clarity of the conflict are undoubtedly helpful for how voters measure what is at risk.”
Most Democrats (69%), Republicans (82%) and independents (62%) agree that Iran poses a real risk, with those numbers since 2019 (12, 17 and 4 points, respectively).
Latest FOX survey, released on Wednesday President Donald Trump Urgeing for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” also found voters decided that Israel decided to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program – nearly half (49%) approved the strike, while a small number (46%) disapproved.
Republicans (73% approval) are more than twice as likely to approve a strike than Democrats (32%) and independents (32%).
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Voters have conflicting concerns. On the one hand, voters are pessimistic about how air strikes will affect security. Most people believe that the attack on Iran will make the world more dangerous (59%) than safer (36%). About three-quarters of Democrats (74%) and independents (77%) agree that strikes will increase danger, while ten in 10 Republicans (36%) will increase danger.
On the other hand, voters are worried Iran Develop nuclear weapons. Eight out of 10 people said they were also very worried about Iran’s nuclear program (78%), up from 66% in April and matched September 2010. Increase comes from demographics.
Although the attention is obvious, voters see other issues as more urgent. When listing eight issues, Iran’s nuclear program is in the middle. The future of the United States (85% very or very concerned), inflation (84%) and government spending (80%) rank higher, while anti-Semitism (69%), illegal immigration (67%), use US Army Forces are at home (66%), and protests in U.S. cities (63%) rank lower than concerns about Iran.
While one in 10 Democrats, Republicans and Independents fear Iran’s access to nuclear weapons, it ranks only in the top three of Republicans.
Overall, one in 10 people think what happened in the Middle East is important or important to American life (81%), while more than half provide their military with financial aid to the Israelis (53%) (53%), an increase in three-point shooting since March, but dropped from 60% on November 7, 2023, soon after, after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on October 7.
Since November 2023 Democrats (-14 points) and independents (-11) are unlikely to support sending money to Israelis, while Republicans (+4 points) consolidate their support.
“Even if most people think the stakes are high, there is a silent attitude to participate in the Middle East,” said Shaw. “The public is not blind to history, and history tells us that those who are directly involved in these conflicts will be in danger.”
Trump left the G7 summit with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier Monday, citing the continued and strengthening situation in the Middle East as the reason.
Trump’s approval rate for foreign policy has been relatively stable since April: 42% of approvals, while 57% had a net negative rating of -15, compared with -14 last month. He performed better in border security (53% approved, 46% opposed) and immigration (46%, 53%), while he was poor in the economy (40%, 58%) and inflation (34%, 64%).
Overall, 46% favored his performance as president, while 54% disagreed.
Trump’s personal favorable rating is 45% compared to those in his administration.
Trump’s personal favorable rating is 45%. Compared to those in his administration, Trump even faced Vice President JD Vance (44% favorable) and performed better than Rubio (42%), Elon Musk (41%) and Defense Secretary Pete Pete Hegseth (32%) (32%). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. performed well with a 48% discount.
For comparison, the favorable ratings of Democratic leaders were on the same court: Kamala Harris (49% favorable), Joe Biden (43%), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (40%) and Gavin Newsom (39%). Everyone on the test was more negative than positive perceptions, although Harris and RFK Jr only scored 2 points.
Russia-Ukraine conflict
Russia and Ukraine Taking a place in the conflict in the Middle East, 72% of whom said the war was important to life in the United States, while 81% said the same thing about what was happening in the Middle East.
Those who say Russian-Ukrainian war affairs fell 85% from their highest point in October 2023 (when the question was last asked) and in March 2022 (when the war began).
Even so, 56% of voters support sending money to Ukraine to help Russia fight. This figure has remained between 54% and 63% over the past three years.
The big picture, most favor financial aid to the Ukrainians (56%) and Israelis (53%) to fight their respective wars and to support partisan driving in different theaters.
70% of Democrats support Ukraine’s funding, while Republicans only have 46%, while 71% of Republicans favor providing aid to Israel, while Democrats only have 43%.
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The Fox News survey, conducted from June 13 to 16, 2025, was conducted under the guidance of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), which included interviews with 1,003 registered voters randomly selected from the national voter archives. Respondents spoke with live interviewers (149) and cell phones (566) (566) (288) after receiving the text. The sampling error of the results based on the complete sample is ±3 percentage points. The sampling error of the results in the subgroup is high. In addition to sampling errors, the wording and order of the problem also affects the results. Weights are often applied to age, race, education, and region variables to ensure that respondents’ demographics represent the registered voter population. Sources of developing weight goals include U.S. Community Survey, Fox News voter analysis, and voter file data.
