Support for sending military aid to Ukraine has fallen since July, according to this week's Economist / YouGov Poll. 46% of registered voters say the U.S. should send military aid to Ukraine and 34% say it should not. In July, 56% of registered voters said the U.S. should send aid and 28% said it should not; support was weaker in June.
Support for aid has fallen most among Independents and Republicans. 44% of Independent registered voters now say the U.S. should send military aid, down from 57% in July. And 28% of Republican registered voters support military aid, down from 41%. Democrats’ support is little changed (69% now vs. 70% in July).
The decline is steepest among MAGA Republicans — Republicans who say they are MAGA supporters. 26% of MAGA Republican registered voters say the U.S. should send military aid to Ukraine, down from 45% in July. Support has also dropped among non-MAGA Republican registered voters (31% now vs. 37% in July).
There is more support for sharing intelligence with Ukraine than for sending it aid: 51% of registered voters say the U.S. should share military intelligence with Ukraine and 31% say it should not. Republican registered voters are more likely to say the U.S. should not share military intelligence with Ukraine than to say it should (46% vs. 35%). The opposite is true for Democrats: 15% oppose sharing intelligence and 66% support it.
65% of registered voters consider Ukraine an ally or friendly to the U.S., and 6% call it an enemy. Among Republican registered voters, 55% consider Ukraine an ally or friendly. 48% of registered voters consider Russia an enemy and another 30% consider it unfriendly.
66% of registered voters say they sympathize more with Ukraine in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, 3% say Russia, and 24% say neither.
45% of registered voters say they think Donald Trump sympathizes more with Russia and 16% think he sympathizes more with Ukraine. 72% of Democrats, 51% of Independents, and 14% of Republicans think Trump sympathizes more with Russia.
Among registered voters who sympathize more with Ukraine, 59% think Trump sympathizes more with Russia. That varies quite a bit by party. Among Democratic registered voters who sympathize more with Ukraine, 82% think Trump sympathizes more with Russia and 5% think he sympathizes more with Ukraine. Among Republican registered voters who side with Ukraine, 48% think Trump sides with Ukraine and 16% think he sympathizes more with Russia.
More registered voters say Volodymyr Zelensky is more likely than Putin to want to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine than say Putin is (45% say Zelensky and 9% say Putin); 13% say both are equally likely to and 33% aren't sure.
The poll also asked about a recent statement from Trump: “If you tell me that Zelensky is again shooting at refineries, all he’s doing is making the world oil price higher. I think that’s a disgrace. There’s plenty of other targets; they don’t have to hit.” 39% of registered voters agree with the statement and 44% disagree. Republicans agree by 70% to 13%. Democrats disagree by 72% to 11%. Independents are more likely to disagree than agree (52% vs. 32%).
47% of registered voters think neither side will win the war between Russia and Ukraine, 15% think Russia will win, and 14% think Ukraine will. 44% aren’t sure how much longer the war will last, 41% expect it to last at least another year, and 15% expect it to end within a year.
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