Summary
A CBS News/YouGov poll found that 52% of Americans support Ukraine, while 44% remain neutral and only 4% back Russia.
Among Republicans, 37% support Ukraine, but 56% are neutral. The poll also showed that 51% approve of Trump’s handling of the war, while 49% disapprove.
A separate poll found 62% viewed Zelenskyy’s remarks as offensive, and 55% believe Ukraine should negotiate peace.
Despite concerns over U.S. foreign policy shifts, 78% of respondents support remaining in NATO, and 67% favor cooperating equally with allies.
“Russian interference” is not just a few hackers breaking into emails—it’s a well-documented, multi-decade strategy of disinformation designed to weaken democratic institutions. The Kremlin has spent years building an extensive network of fake social media accounts, bot farms, and propaganda outlets to spread divisive narratives.
The Senate Intelligence Committee, the FBI, and cybersecurity experts have all confirmed that Russia’s influence campaigns exploit social and political fractures, using platforms like Facebook and Twitter to push misleading or outright false information. Reports from organizations like the RAND Corporation and Stanford Internet Observatory show how these tactics are designed to erode trust in democracy itself, making people more susceptible to authoritarian and extremist messaging.
This isn’t just speculation—it’s the exact playbook used in Russia’s interference in the 2016 and 2020 elections, as confirmed by U.S. intelligence agencies and the Mueller Report. The goal has always been to amplify distrust, push conspiracy theories, and create a populace that can no longer distinguish fact from fiction.
And now? We’re seeing the results. A country where misinformation spreads faster than the truth, where people take social media posts at face value instead of questioning their sources, and where a populist leader can ride that wave of disinformation straight into power.
Putin doesn’t need to fire a single shot—he’s watching Americans tear themselves apart over lies his operatives helped plant. And the worst part? Many people still refuse to acknowledge it’s happening.
Putin has long stated that Russia is at war with the West—not through traditional military means, but through information warfare. Intelligence agencies, cybersecurity experts, and independent researchers have repeatedly warned that we are being targeted. Yet, many in the West refused to take it seriously.
Now, we’re losing the war—not on the battlefield, but in the minds of our own citizens, as propaganda and disinformation tear at the very fabric of democracy.
agreed and to that same token the cuts to education and science spending are not just backwards Republicans talking away money from social systems.
they’re defunding them because they are a threat to their power
Which does not make a difference when a Russian agent sits in the White House and follows Putins commands.
A separate poll found 62% viewed Zelenskyy’s remarks as offensive
Propaganda works, people.
I keep seeing non-Americans proudly proclaim their country’s support as far right parties gain ground everywhere… Look at us. This will happen to you, and y’all need to be ready.
Push polling works. That separate poll asked leading questions and misrepresent both sides. The survey question says Zelenskyy’s position is that there can be no compromise, negotiation or diplomacy. They make no mention of security guarantees, or of Russia’s past history of violating agreements. Trump and Vance want peace, and apparently Zelenskyy just wants the war to go on until he’s conquered his way to the pacific.
They also give false dichotomies between negotiating for an immediate ceasefire and fighting until victory. And another question asked if Ukraine should refuse to compromise or if both sides would need to make concessions, and they presented the both sides making concessions result as proof that Americans though Ukraine should give up territory.
It’s all bullshit. I’m sure the portion of the population that bought Trump and Vance’s feigned outrage is disturbingly high, but these assclowns are trying very hard to inflate those numbers.
Zelenskyy just wants the war to go on
Typical right wing disinformation filling the social media comment sections right now. It’s so mind-melting you literally need to not be paying attention to get it this wrong.
My point exactly! Everything is just set up to misrepresent Ukraine now, and the line will keep moving because Trump keeps crossing it.
YouGov is definitely crap compared to actual research, but their hacks are mostly paid for speed over quality so it should be assumed. Later on, Pew Research or something tends to tell a better picture, although they aren’t perfect either.
I dont think anyone is. But maybe after America’s fall, they’ll think twice before continuing to cozy to oligarchs.
One nation, under greed, divisible, with misery, and injustice for all.
I doubt it matters what we think anymore. It barely did before, but I can’t see any light at the end of this American Experiment tunnel.
This country is run by Nazis for Nazi scum. I have little faith in much of this terrible country.
Selfish, sick, stupid, and misinformed the American way!
Republican sheep will toss their support behind Trump on any issue, so the numbers don’t reflect a well-informed public.
Has there ever been a well-informed public?
While media sources have always had agendas, I think the key difference now is the fact that people are relying more than ever on a oligopoly of social media platforms as their primary news source, rather than media outlets across the country.
Not only does an information oligopoly make it far easier for propaganda to be disseminated to national and international audiences, but it makes trading political favors for propaganda-backed political support far easier than ever before as well.
48% of the country are fascists.
i’d like to see how the polling demographics are selected.
They still make phone calls to houselines. It’s all old people.
Who cares? No one’s listening.
The isolationism Ron Paul tapped into when he brought the libertarian party to prominence hasn’t gone anywhere. To many right of center Americans, we can’t afford to feed, house and clothe the poor not because we don’t adequately tax the wealthy, it’s because we give too much money to other countries (and other people they don’t like).
