More Americans now say US giving ‘too much’ support to Ukraine: Gallup

Americans’ support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia has significantly fallen, according to a new poll.

Survey results released Thursday by Gallup show 41 percent of Americans believe the U.S. government is doing “too much” to help Ukraine. This marks a 12 percent increase since the survey was last conducted in June.

A third of respondents said they believed the U.S. was doing “the right amount,” — down from 43 percent in June — and roughly a quarter of those polled said they thought the U.S. wasn’t doing enough.

When broken down by party, Republicans and independents were less likely to support continued assistance for Ukraine. Roughly 62 percent of Republicans and 44 percent of independents say the U.S. is doing “too much,” according to Gallup.

More Americans are also likely to support the U.S. helping to end the war “quickly” than when the survey was first administered in August 2022. Fifty-four percent of respondents maintained the U.S. should help Ukraine reclaim its former territory — down from 66 percent — and 43 percent said the U.S. should try to help end the war, even if it means ceding territory to Russia.

Asked how long the U.S. should provide funding to Ukraine, more than 60 percent of the survey takers said it should have limits. Thirty-seven percent of Americans, mostly Democrats, said they believe the U.S. should continue to provide aid “as long as Ukraine requests it.”

The survey responses mirror the sentiments found in other surveys. According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, Americans are also less likely to say the U.S. should provide weapons to Ukraine than they were over the summer.

The Gallup survey was conducted from Oct. 4-16 with a sample of 2,007 American adults. It has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.