A plurality of U.S. voters questioned in a Quinnipiac University poll say the war with Iran will make the world less safe.
The survey found 42% of registered voters believe the conflict will make the world less safe, compared with 35% who say it will make the world safer and 20% who say it will make no difference.
The results show a wide partisan divide.
Among Republicans, 79% said the war will make the world safer, while 8% said less safe and 11% said it will make no difference.
Among Democrats, 2% said safer, while 74% said the war will make the world less safe and 22% said it will make no difference.
Independents also leaned negative, with 49% saying less safe, 25% saying safer, and 22% saying it will make no difference.
"Is this war in the best interest of the world's welfare? There is a yawning divide between Democrats and Republicans, and independents are clearly skeptical," said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy.
On how the conflict is unfolding, 52% of voters said the war has gone about as expected for the United States.
Meanwhile, 13% said it has gone better than expected and 28% said it has gone worse.
Views again split along party lines.
Among Republicans, 31% said the war has gone better than expected, while 6% said worse.
Among Democrats, 49% said the war has gone worse than expected, compared with less than 1% who said better.
Independents were more mixed, though 33% said the war has gone worse than expected.
The poll also found that 54% of voters oppose U.S. military action against Iran, while 39% support it.
Republicans support the action by an 86%-9% margin, while Democrats oppose it 92%-5%, and independents oppose it 64%-28%.
The release did not include a breakdown of how many respondents identified as Republican, Democrat or independent.
The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,191 registered voters nationwide from March 19-23.
It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
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