Posted on 04/28/2017 12:10:47 AM PDT by gattaca
Public support for the Iranian nuclear agreement continues to grow after the Trump administration confirmed last week that the country was complying with the deal, a new Morning Consult/POLITICO survey shows.
In the poll, conducted in the days after the administration said it would extend sanctions relief to Iran in exchange for the country curbing its atomic program, 56 percent of registered voters said they supported the deal, up from 49 percent who backed it in August 2016 and 27 percent who OKd it in August 2015. Roughly 3 in 10 (29 percent) remain opposed the deal.
Republicans registered the biggest uptick in support for the deal, which has been heavily criticized by GOP lawmakers since its inception in July 2015: 53 percent of Republican voters said they supported it, compared with 37 percent who backed it last summer and just 10 percent who supported it shortly after it was announced. Democratic support for the deal has been largely unchanged since August, and a larger share of independents are getting on board, from 41 percent in August to 48 percent now.
Almost half (47 percent) of voters and 59 percent of voters who voted for Trump in 2016 said the administrations decision to hold up its end of the bargain made them more likely to support the agreement.
President Donald Trump has frequently criticized the 2015 deal, which was negotiated by the Obama administration and five other countries, deriding it as the worst deal ever negotiated on numerous occasions. Last week at the White House, Trump said his administration would be reviewing the agreement very, very carefully, and most voters (55 percent) said they thought that was a good idea.
A healthy majority (57 percent) of voters said that as long as Iran is complying with the deal, its in the U.S.s national security interests to honor it, while 23 percent disagreed. Republicans (33 percent) were the most likely to say that the deal should be torn up regardless of whether Iran was complying, although half disagreed.
National security issues remain a top issue for voters across the country. About 1 in 5 (21 percent) ranked it as their biggest priority when casting their votes for elected office, a share only bested by economic issues, at 28 percent. Republicans, in particular, view security as the most important issue: 31 percent of GOP voters said its their top issue, compared with 19 percent of independents and 12 percent of Democrats who said the same.
When it comes to protecting the homeland, Republicans in Congress earn higher marks among the public than their Democratic colleagues. Roughly half (49 percent) of voters said they trust congressional Republicans more to handle national security, while 34 percent backed the minority party. Independents backed Republicans on the issue by a 2-to-1 margin (45 percent to 23 percent).
The national, online survey polled 2,032 registered voters from April 20-24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. See the full results here.
They are all like Pinocchio (except they aren’t cute puppets)
It’s pathetic how they outright blatantly LIE
They have no shame
Re: “56 percent of registered voters said they supported the Iran deal...”
LOL!
56% of registered voters couldn’t find Iran on an unlabeled map.
Ask this same 56% to explain 3 provisions of the “deal” and to list 2 examples of Iran’s compliance.
No one I know understands the content of the deal - meaning support is irrelevant. This is a PR poll, and has no value.
More than that, I’ll bet, when half of them can’t find Wisconsin.
“Poll shows”
Yeah. And Hillary had a 399% chance of winning.
Nobody is allowed to know what the Iran deal is, yet alone if they are in favor of it? Sheesh
Congress doesn’t even know what is in Iran’s deal or even the complete content of it or the TOP treaty? Like calling 5,000 people in the phone book and asking them if they like warp drive systems for deep space travel?
The celebrated echo chamber wing of journalism has been placed on code blue. Rhodes and Jarrett are working the crowd.
Seriously? I thought MC was a good pollster. This reeks of amateur hour.
Looks like they only polled the people that kept their doctors and saved 2500 on their premiums!
Wisconsin? Most of them couldn't find North America on a map.
What Trump said was this, paraphrase “It is a terrible deal for America”. The fact that he says Iran is complying with the terms of the deal does not make it any less terrible.
FAKE NEWS!
Kinda like a Nancy Pelosi deal. When you find out what’s in it, you’re not gonna like it.
After our last election and the recent election in France only a ‘box of rocks’ would believe a poll.
Might have a wee bit to do with they don’t have a clue what is in the Iran deal, ...AND, how the pollster asks the questions.
This is satire right?
Brought to you by the same people who would probably not be able to tell the functional difference between a rifle and a shotgun, but still think more gun control is the answer to firearms homicides and suicides. And yes, I agree with ones here that many surveyed in that silly poll probably would not be able to point out Iran on a map or also be able to tell you what year the Islamic Revolution took place in that country and what ruling figure’s government was overthrown in that revolution.
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