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
MIL_IRAN_FOLL
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 ROTATION_GEN, 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* | * |
MIL_IRAN_APP
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 |
MIL_IRAN_RGHTWRNG
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 |
MIL_IRAN_WELL
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 ROTATION_GEN, 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 |
MIL_IRAN_LAST
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 |
IRAN_SAFE_WRLD
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 |
IRAN_SAFE_US
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: 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.
