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HAMDEN, CT — A majority of American voters oppose U.S. and Israel – Iran war and most expect the fighting to go on for months, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
“Voters are unenthusiastic about the air attack on Iran and there is overwhelming opposition to putting American troops on Iranian soil to fight a ground war,” said poll analyst Tim Malloy.
According to the poll, 55% of Americans, including 82% of Democrats and 63% of independent voters think Iran did not pose an imminent military threat to the United States. Republicans, by a 74% – 23% margin, disagreed.
More than 3 out of 4 voters (77%) think it is likely there will be a terrorist attack on U.S. soil in response to the attacks while 19% think it is not so likely or not likely at all.
In other poll results, President Donald Trump’s approval rating is 37%, about the same as the Feb. 4 Quinnipiac poll. Trump scores best as commander in chief of the U.S. military, with 42% approval and 55% disapproval. Trump’s approval on foreign policy (40%), the economy (39%), and Iran (38%) are all similarly underwater and his 58% disapproval rating on the economy is his worst ever.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (40%) and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (38%) have similarly low approval.
As for the war’s duration, only 21% think the fighting will be over in days or weeks, with 32% saying months, 13% saying about a year, and 26% saying longer than a year.
“Perhaps compelled by memories of long wars, Americans see no early end to the enormous upheaval in the Middle East,” Malloy said.
Voters by a 74% – 25% margin also are expecting pain at the gas pump, Malloy said.
“When about 20 percent of the world’s oil flows through a region torn apart by conflict, it will eventually hit home at the local filling station,” he said.
Finally, voters are nearly evenly split on whether the U.S. is too supportive of Israel (44%) or about right (44%) with just 5% saying the U.S. does not support Israel enough. This is the highest percentage of voters to say the U.S. is too supportive of Israel since the poll first began asking that question in 2017. The previous high was 42% in June, 2025.
The poll was conducted between March 6 and March 8. Pollsters contacted 1,002 self-identified voters. The margin of error was stated as +/- 3.8%.