New Poll Suggests Voter Opposition To Ukraine Aid May Be Dropping

A new survey from the Associated Press/ NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found that, “close to half of the U.S. public thinks the country is spending too much on aid to Ukraine,” but “opposition to aid is down slightly from where it was a month ago.”

• AP: “Those sentiments, driven primarily by Republicans, help explain the hardening opposition among conservative GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill who are rebuffing efforts from President Joe Biden to approve a new tranche of Ukraine aid, arguing that the money would be better spent for domestic priorities.”
• AP notes: “Yet opposition to aid is down slightly from where it was a month ago... Now, 45% say the U.S. government is spending too much on aid to Ukraine in the war against Russia, compared with 52% in October. That shift appears to come mostly from Republicans: 59% now say too much is spent on Ukraine aid, but that’s down from 69% in October.”
• Positive polling on additional Ukraine funding may aid the passage of President Biden's USD$106 billion supplemental funding request, which NBC reports that Congressional leaders argue needs to be legislated before Christmas to prevent a squeeze from the government funding deadlines.
• The Pentagon said in a statement this week: "Security assistance for Ukraine is a smart investment in our national security... It is critical that Congress take action to support Ukraine by passing the President's supplemental funding request."

Figure 1: Support for US Ukraine Policies, by Partisan Affiliation

Source: AP/NORC