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Questions - Iran War - August 18-20, 2026

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National Survey of 1,090 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted August 18-20, 2026

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon”?

 

 

2* Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “Iran is in big trouble. ... The country’s a mess, and their military is totally defeated”?

 

 

3* President Trump recently said that the United States now has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the shipment of oil. Should the U.S. military continue controlling the Strait of Hormuz?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence