A majority of voters (54%) say Biden has not been “tough enough” in his response to the war in Ukraine, compared to 36% who say his approach has been “about right,” according to a recent Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Another 8% say the response from the United States has been too tough.
However, as the war wages on, voters’ list for the U.S. to get involved has dropped, as 32% say the country should have a major role in the war — down from 40% last month. The sentiment, though, is higher than it was in February before Russia commenced its invasion when only 26% said the U.S. should have a role to play.
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Forty-nine percent say the U.S. should have only a minor role in the conflict.
The results highlight the mounting stress on the White House to take more drastic action against Russian President Vladimir Putin as images of attacks on Ukrainian civilians and hospitals have been widely shared. According to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, more than 2,200 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since the invasion began, with another 2,897 injured.
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The Biden Administration has stressed suspending its response to avoid escalation while warning of potential false flag attacks from Russia to justify further damage. In addition to sanctions, the White House has passed more than $2 billion in weapons sent to Ukraine but has quit short of sending U.S. troops to the war-torn country. According to the Pentagon, U.S. troops are also training Ukrainians on how to use certain weapons outside Ukraine.
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Most voters say they would support the U.S. showing more aid to Ukraine and implementing tougher sanctions on Russia, but only 22% say they would support deploying U.S. troops.
The newly published poll suggests a shift in voter priorities before the midterm elections in November, as 51% of voters say they believe the Russian invasion to be a higher priority than the economy.
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The poll interviewed 1,085 adults between Thursday and Monday with a sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
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“Given the potential desperation of President Putin and the Russian leadership, given the setbacks that they’ve faced so far militarily, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons,” CIA Director William Burns said in a recent speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Burns added that “so far we haven’t seen a lot of practical evidence” of Russian nuclear escalation.
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