Poll: 73% of Americans view Iran as security threat amid nuclear concerns

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Amid a week of daily attacks between the tyrants in the Middle East, president Donald Trump has provided a major point over and over again.
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” the president wrote on social media.
Trump spoke with correspondents at the White House Oval Office, “I have been saying for 20 years, and perhaps for a longer period, Iran could not have a nuclear weapon.”
It is a position that the presidents have taken for us for a few decades. Most Americans appear to agree with Trump and his presidential ancestors when it comes to the possibility of obtaining nuclear weapons.
Fox News poll: Voters believe that Iran is a real threat to American security
On June 18, 2025, President Donald Trump is receiving questions from correspondents about the possibility of a military strike against Iran. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Nearly three quarters (73 %) of registered voters who were interrogated in a new poll from Fox News said that they believe that Iran poses a real security threat to the United States, a batch of 13 points since Fox News was last six years ago.
The poll, which was conducted from June 13 to 16, indicates wide support across the party spectrum. The majority of Republicans (82 %), Democrats (69 %) and independents (62 %) agreed that Iran pose a threat.
The poll also showed that 78 % of those interrogated said they were very anxious that Iran had a nuclear bomb. Eight out of 10 what happens in the Middle East does not matter in the United States
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“The increasing feeling that Iran is a real threat, but it also reflects the timing and the unique conditions surrounding this poll,” said Darwin Show, a veteran Republican poll expert and Republican partner in the Fox News poll.
“The survey was in this field, as the pictures of Iranian missiles that dominate Tel Aviv TV dominated and the Internet – immediately after the conflict is undoubtedly contributing to how voters measure what is at risk,” Shaw, who is also a political professor and president at the University of Texas.

A large column of smoke and fire rises from an oil refinery in southern Tehran after reports that an Israeli strike was targeted during the night on June 15, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
There was a similar response regarding the threat of Iran in a national survey study, the Ronald Reagan Institute, which was conducted earlier this month, before the first Israeli attack last week caused daily bombing by the two countries.
Eighty -four percent of those who interrogated the survey, which was first shared with Fox News, said that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons issues for American security and prosperity.
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The political scientist in the veteran said: “President Trump often does not get the soft political ball. His decision to support Israel’s attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran and the potential decision to deal with a limited but decisive blow to Iranian nuclear aspirations by hitting the Ford facility is to be a political man from the sky.”
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“If the president abandons the issue clearly and firmly for the American people, the polling data indicates that he will enjoy support from his party, Democrats and independents. What is more, Trump’s decision and subsequent measures will lead to the awareness of any smart issues,” Lesperance, President of New England College, noted.
But Lespernce warned that “all this is assumed that the attacks are successful. It is also assumed that the Americans are tolerant with the repercussions of the opposite reaction to Iran’s nuclear armed threat.”
Fox News Dana Blanton and Victoria Palra contributed to this report.
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2025-06-21 13:00:00