Americans largely disapprove of U.S. involvement in Israel and Iran war: Poll

• He's leaving the door open to a diplomatic solution in the coming days that could avert a major escalation in the Middle East, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.

Zoom in: 60% of 1,512 polled Americans think the U.S. military should not get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran, according to an Economist/YouGov poll released this week. Only 16% support U.S. military action, and 24% are unsure.

• That largely holds up across party lines, with 65% of Democrats, 61% of independents and 53% of Republicans opposing U.S. military intervention in Iran.
• About as many people see Iran's nuclear program as a threat as those who oppose military intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict: 61% of Americans view Iran's nuclear program as either an immediate and serious or a somewhat serious threat to the U.S.
• Similarly, most Americans think the U.S. should engage in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program — that's true across 58% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans.

Zoom out: In a second poll of 1,008 adults, released Thursday by the Washington Post, 7 in 10 Americans believe Iran's nuclear program poses "an immediate and serious" or "somewhat serious" threat to the U.S.

• Republicans are more likely to say it is an immediate and serious threat than Democrats or independents, per the survey.

The fine print: The Economist/YouGov poll was conducted among 1,512 U.S. adult citizens June 13–16, and the margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 3%. The Washington Post poll was conducted on June 18 among a random sample of 1,008 U.S. adults and has a margin of sampling error of ±3.6 percentage points.

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