This is some deep doogie

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Julie Tsirkin @news_jul 1h
NEW @NBCNews Decision Desk poll:

67% of Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of the war with Iran

April 8, 2026
Iran war (already) had least public support of all wars

Data aggregation and visualization group Voronoi compiled data from Gallup, National Opinion Research Center and Princeton Survey Research Associates which found the war in Iran had the least public support of all wars in American history.

Here are the wars and conflicts which had the least favorable public support, according to Voronoi, which did not include the Vietnam War.

Iran War: 41%
Libya intervention (2011): 47%
Grenada (1983): 53%
Kosovo (1999): 58%
Korean War (195): 75%
Iraq War (2003): 76%
Panama (1989): 80%
Persian Gulf War (1991): 82%
Afghanistan War (2001): 92%
World War II: 97%

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/04/08/iran-war-least-supported-u-s-conflict-how-it-ranks-in-polls-today/89516124007/

[BootinUp]

1. The RW noise machine will have to work twice as hard

To distract people now.

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2. you can see that effort is just compounding opposition to Trump and republicans

...but you're right that they can't help but do anything more than that.

[hlthe2b]

3. I appreciate the point...

But why was Vietnam excluded?. It does seem a bit disingenuous to leave out the previous most unfavored war among the American people. While I'm merely curious what the comparison would be, the devout Trump-supporters will point to that exclusion to deny the importance of the finding.

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5. support started high with over 80% support noted by historians, but steadily declined as casualties mounted

...that's the comparison.

As the war progressed, public support began to erode. By 1967, net opinion had turned negative for the first time, with 45% of Americans believing sending troops was a mistake, up from 32% earlier in the year. Rising U.S. casualties, lack of clear victories, and media coverage of incidents such as the My Lai Massacre contributed to growing disillusionment. The Tet Offensive in 1968 further shocked the public, showing that North Vietnamese forces were far from defeated and undermining confidence in the administration’s handling of the war.
https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/blog/creeping-doubt-public-support-vietnam-1967

[FakeNoose]

7. Support for Vietnam eroded immediately after they started polling people under 30

I'm a Boomer, I was there.

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11. there were the protests which took off in '67

...and the public reactions to the government's brutal response to those which brought more attention.

Support kind of ebbed and flowed under Johnson, and right after he withdrew, until it nosedived with Nixon deepening it after saying he was ending it, with resulting public pessimism that it wouldn't end soon.

That's where I came of age and was aware, '70 up to Nixon's resignation.

[dem4decades]

4. 33% of Americans are dumber than dirt.

[travelingthrulife]

6. Yup. Always the same percentage of morons supporting Republicans no matter

how insidious or reckless their behavior.

[William Seger]

10. ... and that's the kindest thing you could assume about them

... but there is something very, very wrong with some of them.

[twodogsbarking]

8. We only get to eat what we are fed. I question what is in the food at times.

[twodogsbarking]

9. I am in favor of peace. It doesn't show on the chart.