Exclusive | Republicans support Trumps Iran deal until they find out whats actually in it, poll shows

WASHINGTON — Republican voters like the preliminary peace deal with Iran less the more they know about it, according to a new poll shared exclusively with The Post.Initially, registered Republican voters backed the deal by a margin of more than three-to-one (62% to 20%), according to the survey by J.L.Partners.But after hearing details of the memorandum of understanding signed by President Trump last week, just 32% deem it a “good deal” while 44% pan it as a “bad deal,” with another 15% saying it’s “neither.”Respondents took particular issue with provisions of the MOU waiving sanctions to allow the sale of Iranian crude oil and an agreement by the US not to impose new penalties during a 60-day negotiating period.More than half of GOP voters (57%) said they would be less inclined to support the deal after hearing it eases sanctions without requiring Tehran to stop funding terrorist proxies in the Middle East or dismantle its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.“If other countries have them, it’s a little bit unfair for them not to have some,” President Trump told reporters at the G7 last week in response to criticism of the agreement.

“Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but [Iran] can’t have them? It doesn’t work that way.”Nearly half of respondents (48%) said they would be less likely to support a peace deal that promised Iran $300 billion in reconstruction funds, which both Trump and Vice President JD Vance have claimed would be used in part to purchase American agricultural products.A whopping 63% of Republican voters also don’t want any deal unless Iran surrenders its enriched uranium and dismantles its nuclear facilities.Iran’s stockpile of nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium is widely believed to be buried under rubble following US airstrikes on three nuclear sites in June 2025, and its fate is expected to be a sticking point in ongoing negotiations.More than half (52%) also agreed that Israel should...