2026 PEW RESEARCH CENTER'S AMERICAN TRENDS PANEL WAVE 189 MARCH SURVEY FINAL TOPLINE March 16-22, 2026 N=3,524 Note: This survey was conducted primarily online, with some interviews conducted by live telephone. This topline shows the programming language for online administration. For details on how questions were slightly modified for phone administration, visit the questionnaire. "No answer" includes web respondents who do not answer the question as well as telephone respondents who refuse to answer or who say that they don't know how to answer. In cases where "not sure" was offered as an explicit option to web and telephone respondents, the "no answer" category includes only web skips and telephone refusals. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE MILIRANFOLL ASK ALL: How closely have you been following news about the U.S. military action against Iran? [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-5/5-1 IN SAME ORDER AS ROTATIONGEN, HOLDING 98 AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- Extremely closely 15 Very closely 21 Somewhat closely 35 Not too closely 20 Not at all closely 8 No answer MILIRANAPP ASK ALL: Do you approve or disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling the U.S. military action against Iran? [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-4/4-1, HOLDING 98 AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- Strongly approve 18 Somewhat approve 19 Somewhat disapprove 17 Strongly disapprove 44 No answer 2 MILIRANRGHTWRNG ASK FORM 1 [N=1,771]: Do you think the U.S. made the right decision or the wrong decision in using military force in Iran? [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-2/2-1, HOLDING 98 AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- Right decision 38 Wrong decision 59 No answer 3 MILIRANWELL ASK FORM 2 [N=1,753]: How well do you think the U.S. military action against Iran is going? [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-5/5-1 IN SAME ORDER AS ROTATIONGEN, HOLDING 98 AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- Extremely well 11 Very well 14 Somewhat well 28 Not too well 27 Not at all well 18 No answer 2 MILIRANLAST ASK ALL: Just your best guess, how much longer do you think the U.S. military action against Iran will last? [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-4/4-1, HOLDING 98 AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- Less than a month 8 More than a month, but no more than six months 35 More than six months, but no more than a year 25 More than a year 29 No answer 3 IRANSAFEWRLD ASK FORM 1 [N=1,771]: In the long run, do you think U.S. military action against Iran will make the world... [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-2/2-1, HOLDING 3, 4, AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- More safe 27 Less safe 33 About as safe as before 19 Not sure 19 No answer 1 IRANSAFEUS ASK FORM 2 [N=1,753]: In the long run, do you think U.S. military action against Iran will make the U.S... [ROTATE RESPONSE OPTIONS 1-2/2-1, HOLDING 3, 4, AND 99 LAST] Response Mar 16-22, 2026 --- --- More safe 22 Less safe 40 About as safe as before 20 Not sure 18 No answer 1 PARTY / PARTYLN ASK ALL: PARTY: In politics today, do you consider yourself a… ASK IF INDEP/SOMETHING ELSE (PARTY=3,4 OR REFUSED): PARTYLN: As of today do you lean more to…¹ Republican Democrat Independent Something else No answer Lean Rep Lean Dem --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28 27 29 15 1 18 22 ¹ PARTY and PARTYLN asked in a prior survey. www.pewresearch.org