Posted on 03/09/2026 1:01:33 AM PDT by Words Matter
....major disagreements between the different polls.
Why do I say that? Take a look here.
Okay, this is the net approval rating. That's the approval rating minus the disapproval rating. And this is the net approval rating for US military action in Iran. Look at this. CNN, our own CNN poll shows that the net approval rating is minus 18 points. Very similar to the Ipsos polling at -6 points. But then all of a sudden, you see the NBC News polling and look at this. You see it at - 11 points, getting a little bit more popular.
And then you look at the latest Fox News poll and that's a split, a dead even split at zero points.
So yes, on average the polling is showing that the move is unpopular, but that actually hides major disagreements between the polling. And I should note the polling questions pretty similar and all conducted at about the same time.
So I'm not exactly sure what's going on, but there's another reason why, John, you should take these initial numbers with a grain of salt because I want to go back to the June air strikes, right? net approval rating US military action in Iran after the June air strikes. Initially in late June, look at this underwater at minus eight points.
But by July, look at that. After the military option was deemed successful, it became much more popular. Now, we're just going to have to wait and see with this current military action in Iran how exactly the polling shifts. But right now, I would really take the numbers with a grain of salt, keeping in mind that there's big polling disagreement and the numbers may change down the road.
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It’s cute how they think they are relevant and that anybody believes the polls LSM pumps out.
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