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Approval of bombing Syria

19 Apr 2017

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the US bombing of Syria in response to the Syrian Governments reported use of chemical weapons which killed civilians?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 41%   41% 55% 16% 41%
Total disapprove 36%   38% 26% 63% 39%
Strongly approve 14%   14% 20% 1% 15%
Approve 27%   27% 35% 15% 26%
Disapprove 21%   22% 16% 36% 21%
Strongly disapprove 15%   16% 10% 27% 18%
Don’t know 23%   21% 20% 20% 19%

 

41% approve of the US bombing of Syria and 36% disapprove.

Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (55%), men (50%) and aged 65+ (58%).

Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (63%) and aged 18-34 (43%).

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