A partisan divide is widening among Americans on the country's support for NATO, with Democrats being more likely to have a positive opinion of the military alliance than Republicans, according to a Thursday survey.
The new Pew Research Center poll found that the majority of Americans, 66 percent, think the U.S. benefits from NATO, though the figure has dropped by 5 points since 2021, when it stood at 71 percent. Some 32 percent said the country does not benefit much or at all from the strategic partnership.
Among party-lines, Democrats' opinion about NATO being beneficial to the U.S. has largely stayed the same, but this view has dropped off by six points among GOP voters.
Half of Republicans or GOP-leaning independents, 50 percent, think the nation does not benefit much or at all from the military alliance that counts 32 countries as members. Some 49 percent said the U.S. benefits a great or good amount.
A large majority of Democrats, 83 percent, said the country reaps the rewards of being in NATO. Around 16 percent of Democratic Party voters said the country does not benefit much from the membership or at all.
The poll also found that GOP and GOP-leaning independents have become less likely to say Russia is the U.S.’s enemy over the past year, and are more likely to describe it as a competitor.
Around half of Americans describe Russia as the enemy. In 2024, 61 percent of U.S. citizens said the same thing.
About four-in-10 Republicans called Russia an enemy of the U.S., an 18-point drop from 2024 when it was around 58 percent. Among Democrats and Democratic leaning voters, the figure has dropped by 5 over the same amount of time.
The poll was conducted from March 24-30 among 3,605 U.S. adults. The margin of error was 1.9 percentage points.
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