Fox News poll: 60% oppose action on Iran

Fox News polling cited across X on May 20 pointed to broad public opposition to U.S. military action against Iran. A RealClearPolling tracker that lists recent national surveys shows a Fox News poll fielded May 15-18 found 40% approved and 60% disapproved of military action against Iran. The figure circulated as users reacted to Middle East tensions and comments tied to Israel and Iran. The underlying number is verifiable from the RealClearPolling compilation, which lists the Fox News sample as 1,002 registered voters and shows the result as a 20-point gap between approval and disapproval. ### Where did the 60% number come from? (realclearpolling.com) RealClearPolling’s issue tracker identifies the source as a Fox News poll conducted from May 15 through May 18. The tracker shows 40% approval and 60% disapproval for military action against Iran among registered voters. That matches the social-media claim at the center of the post, at least on the topline number. (realclearpolling.com) I could not independently retrieve the original Fox News poll release page directly in search results, but multiple secondary reports describe the same Fox News survey and similar findings. ### Is Fox News an outlier, or does it fit the broader polling? (realclearpolling.com) The RealClearPolling average for April 15 through May 18 shows 38.5% approval and 57.0% disapproval on military action against Iran. In that same table, Quinnipiac showed 38% approve and 56% disapprove, Reuters/Ipsos showed 34% approve and 61% disapprove, Economist/YouGov showed 34% approve and 60% disapprove, and CBS News showed 39% approve and 61% disapprove. (realclearpolling.com) That places the Fox News result within the range of other national polls rather than outside it. The numbers differ by pollster and field dates, but the direction is consistent across most of the surveys listed in mid-May: more Americans opposed military action against Iran than supported it. ### What do other reports say about the Fox News survey? (realclearpolling.com) The Hill, in a March 26 report on Fox News polling during the Iran conflict, said Fox found 58% of registered voters opposed the U.S. military operation in Iran and 42% supported it at that time. PBS, summarizing polling on March 10, reported that a recent Fox News poll then found voters evenly divided, with half approving and half disapproving of U.S. military action in Iran. (realclearpolling.com) Those earlier results suggest opinion moved further against military action in later polling, though that comparison is based on separate reports and different field dates. (thehill.com) ### What about the claim that support is at an “all-time low”? The social-media phrasing about support sitting at an “all-time low” was not directly verifiable from the material I could confirm. The source I could verify shows a Fox News result of 40% support and 60% opposition in a May 15-18 survey, but I did not find an original Fox News release in available search results stating that support had reached an all-time low. (pbs.org) What is supported by the available evidence is narrower: in the Fox News poll cited on X, opposition outweighed support by 20 points, and the result tracked with other national polling in mid-May. ### What should readers watch next? RealClearPolling updates its Iran military-action tracker as new surveys are released, and that page currently lists Fox News, Reuters/Ipsos, Quinnipiac, Economist/YouGov and CBS News among the latest entries. (realclearpolling.com) Any change in public opinion will likely show up first in those recurring national poll series.