President Obama faces an uphill battle in making the case
for U.S. military action in Syria .
By a 48% to 29% margin, more Americans oppose than support conducting military
airstrikes against Syria
in response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons.
The new national survey by the Pew Research Center , conducted Aug.
29-Sept. 1 among 1,000 adults, finds that Obama has significant ground to make
up in his own party. Just 29% of Democrats favor conducting airstrikes against Syria while 48%
are opposed. Opinion among independents is similar (29% favor, 50% oppose).
Republicans are more divided, with 35% favoring airstrikes and 40% opposed.
Roughly four-in-ten (39%) followed news about potential U.S. airstrikes in Syria “very closely.” The
percentage following news about Syria
very closely has approximately doubled from recent weeks, when no more than
about 20% tracked Syrian developments very closely, including earlier charges
this year that the government used chemical weapons.
Americans paid more attention to the Syrian developments
than other stories this week, including news about the health care laws (23%
very closely), wildfires in California (20%)
and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
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