Via Politico, Here’s the latest on American attitudes toward foreign policy:
Asked whether the U.S should do more to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine, just 17 percent answered in the affirmative….More than three-quarters of likely voters say they support plans to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016….Forty-four percent of likely voters favor less involvement in Iraq’s civil war….Likely voters prefer less involvement in Syria’s civil war over more involvement, 42 percent to 15 percent.
Based on this, can you figure out which party is more trusted on foreign policy? You guessed it: Republicans, by a margin of 39-32 percent.
Bottom line (for about the thousandth time): Americans prefer the actual foreign policy of Democrats, but they prefer the rhetorical foreign policy of Republicans. They want lots of bluster and chest thumping, but without much in the way of serious action. In other words, pretty much what Reagan did.
