Poll on Americans views towards U.S. Airstrikes against Iran

Washington DC, June 24, 2025 – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has utilized KnowledgePanel for its premier annual survey on public opinion and U.S. foreign policy since 2002. The collaboration between the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Ipsos has expanded to include regular "flash" polling on key foreign policy issues. These surveys gauge American public opinion on critical global events as they happen. 

The most recent joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs/Ipsos "flash" poll was conducted from June 20-25, 2025. The poll focused the recent airstrike exchanges between Israel and Iran as well as potential U.S. military actions against Iran. The U.S. airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025 occurred while the poll was being conducted.  The full report on the poll can be found here: Chicago Council on Global Affairs - Ipsos Flash Poll Report

About the Study

The study was conducted June 20 - 23, 2025 by Ipsos using its large-scale, nationwide, online research panel, KnowledgePanel, among a weighted national sample of 1,144 adults 18 or older living in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is ±3.0 percentage points including a design effect of 1.08.

The data for the total sample were weighted to adjust for gender by age, race/ethnicity, education, Census region, metropolitan status, and household income using demographic benchmarks from the 2024 March Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS).

Specific categories used were:

• Gender (Male, Female) by Age (18–29, 30–44, 45-59 and 60+)
• Race/Hispanic Ethnicity (White Non-Hispanic, Black Non-Hispanic, Other, Non-Hispanic, Hispanic, 2+ Races, Non-Hispanic)
• Education (Less than High School, High School, Some College, Bachelor or higher)
• Census Region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)
• Metropolitan status (Metro, non-Metro)
• Household Income (Under $25,000, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$74,999, $75,000-$99,999, $100,000-$149,999, $150,000+)

For more information on this news release, please contact:

Ryan Tully
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