On Monday, the Biden administration announced a new lethal aid support package for Ukraine for $1.7 billion. This occurs as Americans remain split on continued U.S. financial support.
Almost half (48%) of Americans believe the U.S. has a responsibility to continue aiding Ukraine in defense of Russia’s continuing invasion. However, a recent Pew Research survey shows a wide partisan gap.
Slightly more than a third (36%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning Indendpents support the United States continuing Ukraine aid. In contrast, almost two-thirds (63%) of Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents believe we still have a responsibility to provide assistance in the more than two-year war.
Americans are also split on what they perceive the level of U.S. support should be, with 19% saying we aren’t providing enough support, 26% believing the support is “just right,” and 29% saying it is currently “too much.” Almost half (47%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents believe the current level of support is too much, with only 13% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents holding the same view.
Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents are far more likely (45%) to see Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a threat to the United States than Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents (26%). This is in stark contrast to when Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2022, when about half of all Americans, regardless of political persuasion, saw the invasion as a threat.
However, bipartisan support remains for keeping strong sanctions on Russia. Two-thirds (66%) of Republicans/Republican-leaning Independents and more than three-fourths (77%) of Democrat/ Democratic-leaning Independents hold that view.
More information on the Pew survey can be found here.
Senior Editor at Good Faith Media.
