NATO support steady in new Gallup poll

Americans’ support for NATO has remained stable over the past two years, with a majority still saying they want the U.S. to strengthen or maintain its commitment to the defense alliance, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. ing.

Globally, 47% of Americans want the United States to maintain its “commitment to NATO.” gallup poll It was carried out this month. This approval rating has remained unchanged since the poll was conducted in February 2022, just before Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Those who argue that U.S. support for NATO should increase slightly from 18% in 2022 to 20% in 2024 say anti-NATO sentiment has declined slightly over the past two years.

In 2024, 28% of respondents said they would reduce U.S. involvement in NATO (16%) or withdraw completely (12%). This figure was slightly higher two years ago, when a total of 31% said they would reduce their involvement in NATO (18%) or withdraw completely (13%).

Amid concerns that Americans are tired of passing additional U.S. aid to Ukraine, support for NATO remains strong.

Many Western officials have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may move beyond invading Ukraine and turn to other Eastern European countries next, alarming NATO allies.

Former President Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has repeatedly advocated for NATO during his time in office, when he threatened to leave the alliance, and more recently when he suggested he would encourage President Putin to “do whatever it takes.” I’ve been criticizing it. “He wanted to appeal to countries that have not met their defense spending targets. Those comments drew widespread criticism from lawmakers and the White House.

A survey released Thursday shows that support for NATO among Americans remains high across both parties.

A slim majority of Republicans (53%) say they want to increase (7%) or maintain (46%) U.S. involvement in NATO. Over the past two years, he’s seen a 9-point increase in those who want to remain committed, from 37 percent to 46 percent. The number of people who want to withdraw completely decreased from 22% in 2022 to 16%, a decrease of 6 points.

The number of independents who want greater U.S. involvement increased by 8 points from 16% in 2022 to 24% this month. For those who want to remain committed, he’s down 8 points as well, from 51 percent he had in 2022 to 43 percent now.

There was little change in the Democratic Party’s approval rating. Currently, his 27 percent of Democrats say they want to strengthen U.S. involvement in her NATO, which is just one point lower than his 2022. Additionally, 9% said they want the U.S. to reduce its involvement in NATO, an increase of 2 points from 2022.

The latest survey was conducted by telephone among 1,016 U.S. adults between February 1 and February 20, and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.