Nearly four in 10 Americans say that foreign policy issues should be a top priority for the US in 2024, according to a new survey, roughly double the percentage recorded the previous year.
An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research study in December found that 38% of US adults list the topic of foreign policy as the most important issue facing the country — up from 18% in 2022.
That doubling in importance occurred among both Republicans (23% to 46%) and Democrats (16% to 34%), placing it as the third most important issue for both political parties.
The response was the second largest shift in public opinion since last year following a double-digit increase among Americans worried about US involvement abroad, from 5% to 20%.
Nearly four in 10 Americans say that foreign policy issues should be a top priority for the US in 2024, according to a new survey, roughly double the percentage recorded the previous year. REUTERS Congress is currently debating a $110 billion national security supplemental package requested by President Biden that would help Ukraine and Israel. AFP via Getty Images
Congress is currently debating a $110 billion national security supplemental package requested by President Biden that would help Ukraine and Israel, following the February 2022 Russian invasion and the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.
In addition, the funds will be channeled to the Indo-Pacific region to help Taiwan against Chinese aggression and to increase immigration enforcement as migrant crossings have reached record levels at the southern border.
A Republican respondent expressed concern to the Associated Press that China’s aggression on Taiwan would complicate US foreign policy during a period when the country is “already spread very thin” on monitoring conflicts.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), right, and his Republican majority passed $14.3 billion in self-help for Israel but have refused to take the rest of the allocation in the package. Getty Images
“They want us to split three ways,” Warren E. Capito, a resident of Gordonsville, Va., told the outlet about China.
Younger respondents, however, said the US government’s foreign military aid trumped domestic concerns.
“I care about other people, I care,” added Travis Brown, a 32-year-old Democrat and forklift operator from Las Vegas. “But when you sit here and say, ‘I just sent $50 million to Israel’ and then I go outside and I see half the neighborhood … you have to take care of house.”
An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey in December found that 38% of US adults listed Ukraine and other foreign policy issues as the most important issues facing the country. Global Image of Ukraine via Getty Images
The Senate is working to finalize negotiations on the aid package when lawmakers return from their holiday break next week, giving the House enough time to pass the measure before taking up a slate of government appropriations bills that expires Jan. 19.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his Republican majority passed $14.3 billion in self-help for Israel but have refused to take the rest of the spending package.
The AP/NORC poll asked respondents to share their top five issues they want the government to address in the coming year, with the economy ranking as the most prominent concern among 76% of participants.
The poll showed the second-largest shift in public opinion since last year following a double-digit increase among Americans worried about US involvement abroad in Israel and elsewhere. Reuters
By party affiliation, 85% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats agree with that assessment.
Only 36% named politics as an important issue, while 35% said immigration and 30% said inflation.
Most Republicans (55%) said that the government should focus on immigration, the only issue other than the economy that registered with a majority of respondents identifying with that party.
But the survey also showed that nearly a quarter of Democrats (22%) agree that immigration should be the nation’s top concern.
“It’s a disaster,” Janet Brewer, a 69-year-old freelancer who lives in San Diego near the US-Mexico border, told the Associated Press about the border situation. “It doesn’t make sense.”
The poll of 1,074 US adults was conducted from November 30 to December 4, with a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
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