Americans largely split on support for Ukraine aid as Congress passes deal: Survey

Despite Congress just passing a costs to do so, Americans are divided on whether to continue providing support to Ukraine for its conflict with Russia, according to a new poll.

The study, conducted by YouGov, found that 28 percent of Americans support increasing support for Ukraine, but 29 percent say the U. S. may reduce support. Twenty-six percent of people believe it may stay that way.

In September 2022, Americans who voted to increase support to Ukraine reached a record high of 31 percent, and this variety has since fluctuated. This past September, when just 18 percent of Americans supported increasing support, hit an all-time low.

The American population now supports reducing support to Ukraine by 33 percent in October, the lowest level since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, which was 24 percent in October 2022.

Liberals were three times more likely than Republicans to support increasing military aid to Ukraine, according to the study. Only 10 % of Democratic respondents back increasing aid, compared to 48 % for increasing it. Republicans voted in favor of increasing support, and 43 percent said they want to cut the amount of money.

A desperately needed international aid package for Ukraine was really approved by Congress, giving the nation$ 61 billion to fight Russia. The Democratic lawmakers debated sending assistance abroad without addressing the border immigration crisis for months as the package was stalled.

Similar to a recent study that found Americans are divided over the whole foreign aid costs, not just the spending that was geared toward Ukraine, is where the survey was taken. Nevertheless, according to the study, 35 % of the population voted against the bill, compared to 35 % for it.

The YouGov survey was completed on Sunday through Tuesday among 1, 651 individuals. It has a 3 percent point margin of error.