Voters view Iran threat to U.S. security, but split on Israel’s strikes

With the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, the voters torn the decision of Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, yet they agree

Seventy -three percent of registered voters believe that Iran is a real threat to the United States, an increase of 13 points from six years (the last time this question was asked).

“The increasing feeling that Iran is a real threat, but it also reflects the timing and unique circumstances surrounding this poll,” said Darwin Show, who helps in managing the Fox News survey with Democrat Chris Anderson. “The survey was in this field as the pictures of Iranian missiles falling on Tel Aviv TV dominated and the Internet – the immediate and clarity of the conflict undoubtedly contributes to how the voters measure what is at risk.”

The majority of Democrats (69 %), Republicans (82 %), and independents (62 %) agree that Iran is a real danger and these numbers have risen since 2019 (by 12, 17 and 4 points, respectively).

The Fox poll, which was released on Wednesday, also urged President Donald Trump to “surrender Iran”, the voters are divided into Israel’s decision to launch military strikes against Iranian nuclear programs – nearly half (49 %) agree to strikes while not rejecting a little fewer (46 %).

Republicans (73 % agree) are more than twice the possibility of Democrats (32 %) and independents (32 %) to agree to strikes.

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Voters have contradictory concerns. On the one hand, voters are pessimistic about how air strikes affect security. Most of them believe that attacks against Iran will make the world a more dangerous place (59 %) instead of safer (36 %). About three quarters of Democrats (74 %) and independents (77 %) that strikes will increase, and approximately 4 out of 10 Republicans (36 %).

On the other hand, voters are concerned about Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon. Nearly 8 out of 10 says they are also very concerned or very intense about the Iranian nuclear program (78 %), an increase of 66 % in April and a higher match in September 2010. The increase comes from population factors in all fields.

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While anxiety is clear, voters see other more urgent issues. When submitting a list of eight issues, the Iranian nuclear program falls into the middle. The future of the United States (85 % is very or very anxious), inflation (84 %), government spending (80 %) is higher while anti -Semitism (69 %), illegal immigration (67 %), local US military forces use local (66 %), and protests in American Don (63 %) with a lesser degree of concerns about Iran.

While about 8 out of 10 Democrats, Republicans and independents are concerned about Iran’s getting Nuke, it ranks first in the first three place for Republicans.

In general, 8 out of 10 is believed in the Middle East a lot or some of life in the United States (81 %) while more than half of the Israeli financial aid support their army (53 %), an increase of 3 points since March, but decreased from 60 % in November 2023, shortly after Hamas attacks October 7.

Since November 2023, Democrats (-14 points) and independents (-11) have been less likely to support money sending to the Israelis, while Republicans (+4 points) strengthened their support.

“Although most of them believe that the risks are high, there is a reservation to participate in the Middle East,” says Show. “The audience is not blind to history and history teaches us that those who participate directly in these conflicts do so in danger.”

Trump left the Group 7 summit on Monday with Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, citing the continuous and intense situation in the Middle East as a reason.

Trump’s approval on foreign policy has been relatively fixed since April: 42 % compared to 57 % on a net negative classification of 15, and was -14 last month. It is the best in border security (approval of 53 %, 46 % do not refuse) and migration (46 %, 53 %) while it is worse on the economy (40 %, 58 %) and inflation (34 %, 64 %).

In general, 46 % agrees to his job performance as a president, while 54 % do not refuse.

Trump is 45 % favorable Trump, compared to those in his administration.

Trump is 45 % favorable Trump. Compared to those in his administration, Trump is around him even with Vice President JD Vance (44 % favorable) and performs better than Rubio (42 %), Elon Musk (41 %), and Defense Minister Beit Higseth (32 %). Robert F. Kennedy Junior does the best of 48 % favorable.

For comparison, favorable classifications between the leaders of democratic parties on the same stadium were: Kamala Harris (49 % favorable), Joe Biden (43 %), Alexandria Okasio Cortez (40 %), and Javin New (39 %). Everyone has been seen more negative than positive, though only two points a difference for Harris and RFK JR.

Russia’s conflict of Ukraine

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine take the back of the conflict in the Middle East, where 72 % said that the war is often interesting in the United States compared to 81 % who say the same about what is happening in the Middle East.

Those who say that the issues of the war of Russia, Ukraine, decreased from 81 % in October 2023 (when the question was asked last time) at an altitude of 85 % in March 2022 (at the beginning of the war).

However, 56 % of voters support sending money to Ukraine to help fight Russia. This number has been fixed in between 54 and 63 % over the past three years.

The big picture, the majority prefer to send financial aid to the Ukrainians (56 %) and the Israelis (53 %) for their wars, with partisan support in different theaters.

Seventy percent of Democrats supports Ukraine’s financing compared to only 46 % of Republicans, while 71 % of Republicans prefer to send aid to Israel compared to only 43 % of Democrats.

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It was conducted from 13 to 16 June 2025, under the supervision of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). The Fox News scanning includes interviews with a sample of 1003 registered voters who were randomly chosen from a national voter file. The respondents spoke with direct interviews on the ground lines (149) and mobile phones (566) or completed the survey on the Internet after receiving the text (288). The results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error from ± 3 percentage points. An error in taking samples for the results between the sub -groups is higher. In addition to the error of sampling, the formulation of questions and demand can affect the results. Weights are generally applied to the variables of age, race, education and the region to ensure that the population composition of the respondents represents the registered voter residents. Sources of developing weight goals include scanning American society, analyzing Fox News to voters and voter file data.