Voters Reluctant For US To Take More Active Role In Global Conflicts

A survey from AP/NORC has found that only around one in five Americans want the US to take a more active role in either the war between Ukraine and Russia or the war between Israel and Hamas.

• AP: “The poll shows that 4 in 10 U.S. adults want America to broadly take a “less active” role in solving global conflicts. Only about one-quarter think the U.S. should take a more active role, and about one-third say its current role is about right.”
• AP: “Among U.S. adults overall, there isn’t much appetite for a more active role in either conflict: Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults say the U.S. should be taking a more active role in each war. For each, about 4 in 10 say the current role is about right, and 36% say the U.S. needs to take a step back.”
• The survey data provides more evidence of a growing divergence between lawmakers, who are largely supportive of both war efforts, and voters who are increasingly skeptical of US involvement in both Ukraine and Israel.
• President Biden is expected to use his State of the Union address this evening to press House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to allow a vote on the Senate-passed USD$95 billion foreign package but Johnson's scepticsm appears validated by voters.

Figure 1: “Percent who said the U.S. should take a more or less active role in...”

Source: AP-NORC