{"id":3677,"date":"2026-06-05T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:31:21","slug":"12-of-americans-say-iran-war-has-been-more-positive-than-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3677","title":{"rendered":"12% of Americans say Iran war has been &#8216;more positive than negative&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3676\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f7b3ed91e172eb2416dc20c12fa33672.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f7b3ed91e172eb2416dc20c12fa33672.webp 764w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f7b3ed91e172eb2416dc20c12fa33672-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><div><p><span>FILE-Demonstrators hold signs against the war Iran during an International Women&#8217;s Day march against fascism at Boston Common park in Boston, Massachusetts on March 8, 2026. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3674\">Over 320,000 security cameras recalled after fire, explosion reports<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>As the Iran war continues, some Americans don\u2019t see the conflict as a benefit to the nation\u2019s interests, while a small fraction of people view it favorably.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The Brookings Institute, citing \u2014fielded by Ipsos among 1,377 American adults, May 15\u201321, 2026\u2014found that Americans were divided on the Iran war\u2019s impact on United States interests.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Some Americans view Iran war &#8220;more positively than negatively&#8221;<\/h2> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Brookings noted in the poll differences of opinion about the Iran war\u2019s impact on the country\u2019s interests among Americans and political parties.<br\/><br\/>When\u00a0<u>respondents in the poll<\/u>were asked what the overall impact of the Iran war on U.S. interests been, at home and abroad, 12% of Americans say the conflict has been &#8220;more positive than negative.&#8221;<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<u>Iran latest: Trump&#8217;s holding pattern on war sparks concern among allies<\/u><\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>Approximately 84% of Democrats and 63% of independents admitted that the Iran war\u2019s effects have been more negative than positive, while 33% view it as more negative (33%) compared to members of the GOP (25%) who view it as positive.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3671\">Chicago Bears announce intentions to build stadium in Hammond, Indiana<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Meanwhile, the majority of Americans under 35 years old (55%) and those 35 years or older (57%) think that the impact of the Iran war has been more negative than positive.<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Less than half of Americans don\u2019t think the U.S. or Iran is winning the war<\/h2> <!-- --><p>Big picture view:<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to the poll, around 38% of respondents shared that neither Iran nor the United States has won or is winning the ongoing conflict and this sentiment was also expressed by Democrats (56%), Republicans (24%), and independents (42%).<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<u>House rejects Iran war powers resolution<\/u><\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>However, some Republicans (39%) said that the U.S. has won or is winning the Iran war, compared to 1% of Democrats and 12% of independents, while another 25% of respondents said they didn\u2019t know who was winning the conflict and 13% who said it was too early to tell.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Furthermore, 11% of younger Americans said that the U.S. has won the war or is winning compared to respondents 35 years old or over (18%), while a larger group of younger Americans (33%) admitted that they don\u2019t compared to 21% of people 35 years old and over.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3669\">Arkansas sheriff candidate who killed daughter\u2019s accused abuser to not face murder charge<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><br\/>\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll indicates that while most Americans view the ongoing Iran war as detrimental to U.S. interests, a small segment of the population views the conflict favorably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,67,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-war","category-politics","category-u-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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