As the war in Ukraine approaches the two-year mark, about three in ten Americans (31%) say the United States is providing too much help to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, while about half say the US provides just the right amount of support (29%) or not enough (18%).
This is stated in a new sociological study by the Pew Research Center.
The share of Americans who say the United States is giving too much support to Ukraine has grown steadily throughout the war, especially among Republicans.
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The Pew Research Center survey was conducted from November 27 to December 3, 2023, among 5,203 members of the nationally representative American Trends panel.
According to its data, 48% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents believe the United States is giving too much aid to Ukraine. This share is up slightly from June, when 44% said so, and is significantly higher than in earlier stages of the war.
Only 16% of Democrats and Democratic leaners think the current level of US aid is excessive. About four in ten Democrats (39%) say the U.S. is providing the right amount of aid, while about a quarter (24%) say U.S. aid is not enough.
Party differences over aid to Ukraine have become even wider. In the first weeks of the war, Republicans were only 4 percentage points more likely than Democrats to say the U.S. was giving too much aid to Ukraine (9% vs. 5%). Today, Republicans are 32 points more likely to think so.
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Public attention to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has changed little in recent months. Six in ten Americans, including equal shares of Republicans (62%) and Democrats (61%), say they are following news of the invasion at least somewhat closely.
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How threatening is Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the United States?
A third of Americans believe that Russia's invasion of Ukraine poses a major threat to US interests. The same number (34%) believe that this is a minor threat, and 10% say that there is no threat.
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These opinions have changed slightly since June. But in March 2022, half of Americans believed that a Russian invasion posed a major threat to US interests.
As was the case last year, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say a Russian invasion poses a serious threat (40% vs. 27%). However, representatives of both parties say this less often now than in the early days of the war in March 2022.
Opinions on the White House's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Roughly four in ten American adults (39%) say they approve of U.S. President Joe Biden's administration's response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while the same number (41%) disapprove. Two in ten said they were unsure.
Disapproval of the administration's response has increased slightly since June (from 35% to 41%).
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Most Democrats (59%) approve of the administration's actions, while 22% disapprove. In contrast, a slightly larger majority of Republicans (63%) disapprove of the administration's actions, while 21% approve.
Slightly more people in both parties disapprove of the Biden administration's response to the invasion than did in June, when 57% of Republicans and 16% of Democrats said they disapproved.
