As representatives from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization convene in Washington, a new Gallup poll finds 47% of Americans want the United States to keep its current commitments to the group and 20% would like to see them increase.
American support for NATO is unchanged from two years ago, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or the addition of Finland and Sweden to the group, Gallup noted. The latest poll found 16% of Americans would like to decrease U.S. support for NATO and 12% would like the U.S. to withdraw from NATO entirely.
Gallup conducted its World Affairs poll from Feb. 1-20. The researchers noted that while the poll was being conducted, former President Donald Trump said that if elected to a second term, he would not defend NATO allies against Russia if they did not contribute enough to the alliance.
The poll found Republicans were least supportive of NATO. While 53% of Democrats, 43% of independents and 46% of Republicans supported maintaining the U.S. commitment to NATO, 26% of Republicans said the U.S. should decrease its support, compared with 9% of Democrats and 14% of Independents.
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