Nearly seven months into the war with Iran, a new Fox News national survey finds views souring as voters feel the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the war, a growing number think the conflict will make the U.S.less safe, and a majority believes the decision to take military action was wrong.Seven in 10 voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the conflict, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans.FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATSIn addition, a growing 47% of voters say the conflict will make the U.S.
less safe in the long run, up from 39% in April.By comparison, 32% think it will make the country safer and 20% say no difference.
The rise in concern is largest among White voters, voters under 45, and independents.Sixty percent say U.S.military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while 37% say it was right — widening the margin to 23 points, up from 17 points in June (58% to 41%).
Attitudes against the war have increased modestly across most demographic groups, with the largest shifts among Hispanic voters, voters under age 30, moderates, and voters 65 and over.FOX NEWS POLL: ECONOMIC ANXIETY AND CANDIDATE CONCERNS DEFINE OHIO SENATE RACE"Typically, the public rallies around the president in response to a foreign policy crisis," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson."But two things are different here.
First, President Trump hasn’t consistently and forcefully made the case for the war and the U.S.doesn’t have boots on the ground.
Both of those things matter for public opinion."Trump’s overall job performance stands at 39% approve and 61% disapprove.The president’s ratings on foreign policy are underwater by 24 points.His 37% approval is a second-term low and is just one point above his first-term low of 36% in September 2019.When asked to name the most important iss...