RismadarVoice Reporters
September 18, 2026
Opposition to the United States’ military action against Iran has reached a new high, with a majority of registered voters saying the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for bringing the conflict to an end.
A new Fox News national poll released on Thursday found that 71 per cent of registered voters believe the administration does not have a clear plan for ending the war, while 60 per cent said the decision to launch military action against Iran was wrong.
The survey, conducted from September 11 to 14, comes as the conflict approaches its seventh month and ahead of the November US midterm elections.
According to the poll, 47 per cent of voters believe the war will make the United States less safe in the long term, up from 39 per cent in April. Thirty-two per cent, however, said the conflict would make the country safer, while 20 per cent expected no significant difference.
The perception that the administration lacks a clear strategy cuts across party lines, although the figures vary significantly.
About 95 per cent of Democratic voters and 83 per cent of independents said they believed the administration lacked a clear strategy for ending the conflict. Among Republicans, 43 per cent expressed the same view.
The poll also showed that 60 per cent considered US military action against Iran the wrong decision, compared with 37 per cent who said it was the right decision.
The 23-point gap represents an increase from June, when 58 per cent described the military action as wrong and 41 per cent considered it right.
The war has also become linked to concerns over fuel prices and inflation, with the conflict contributing to pressure on the US economy.
The poll comes amid growing voter concern about the cost of living and other economic issues as Americans prepare to vote in elections that will determine control of the House of Representatives and Senate.
The November midterm elections could also shape the direction of the Trump administration during the remaining years of its current term.
The Fox News survey was conducted among 1,211 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file.
Respondents were interviewed by telephone or completed the survey online after receiving text invitations. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for the full sample, while the margin is higher for individual demographic groups.
The pollsters also cautioned that question wording and the order in which questions are asked can affect survey responses.
