Most voters oppose U.S. joining Israel in bombing Iranian nuke sites: poll

Published On: July 14, 2025

A majority of voters oppose the United States joining Israel to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, and half said U.S. military strikes make America less safe, according to a new national poll.

Quinnipiac University’s latest poll

had 51% of voters opposing American involvement in Israel’s military operations against Iran while 42% supported it.

The poll was conducted earlier this week after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military bombing strikes on Iranian nuclear targets after Israel launched a missile attack on them.

Republicans wholeheartedly backed the United States joining Israel (81%), while just 15% were against. However, 75% of Democrats and 60% of independents said they were against it.

“No ambivalence from Republicans on the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites,” said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy in a statement. “By a large margin, GOP voters give full-throated support to the mission.”

The poll also found that 50% of voters think U.S. bombing strikes on Iran would make this country less safe while 42% said they would make the country safer.

Republicans and Democrats were split on this question, too, with 80% of GOP voters saying strikes would make the United States safer and 76% of Democrats saying less safe.

Among independents, 58% said U.S. strikes on Iran would make the country less safe with 35% saying safer.

Other findings in the poll:

78% are concerned — 44% very concerned and 34% somewhat concerned — that the United States will be drawn into a war with Iran.
45% said U.S. support for Israel is about right while 42% said the country is too supportive of Israel, an all-time high for the Quinnipiac poll since it started asking the question in 2017.
50% supported Israel’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites while 40% opposed them. Republicans (80%) were more supportive of Israel than Democrats (60%) while independents virtually split on the issue 46% for and 45% against.

“American voters, most of whom are not supportive of the country joining in the Israel-Iran conflict, are extremely troubled by the possibility that involvement could metastasize and draw the U.S. into a direct war with Iran,” Malloy said.

The poll surveyed 979 registered voters between June 22 and 24. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.