Overview
- The Reuters/Ipsos survey of 4,505 U.S. adults shows 50% expect the U.S. military campaign in Iran to make the Middle East less stable while just 17% expect more stability.
- A clear majority, 58%, said they expect gasoline prices to worsen as the conflict has tightened naval routes such as the Strait of Hormuz and raised shipping costs.
- Only 35% of respondents approve of the war and, for the first time in this polling series, registered voters prefer Democrats by one point on who handles war and terrorism better.
- Reporting by Reuters estimates the campaign has cost at least $37.5 billion, resulted in 18 U.S. service members killed and thousands of Iranian fatalities, and produced repeated proxy attacks on shipping and neighbors.
- The poll links public unease to political risk for President Trump and Republicans as operations continue with visible strategic uncertainty after the president stepped back from threatened massive strikes.