These are the topline results of a YouGov/Economist survey of 1000 US adults interviewed January 25-27, 2014 on Syria. The results show that the public does not support military intervention and are divided over the President's actions in the region . The margin of error is 3.9%.
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Do you think the United States has a responsibility to do something about the fighting in Syria between government forces and anti-government rebels, or doesn’t the United States have this responsibility?
Has responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Does not have responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19%
Which comes closest to your opinion on the situation in Syria?
The President should have taken action in support of the rebels sooner . . . . . . . . . .14%
The President did the right thing in helping the rebels when he did . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
The President should have waited longer to send support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
The President should not have supported the rebels in Syria at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%
Which side would you like to see win in the civil war in Syria?
Syrian government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Syrian rebels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60%
How should the international community respond to events in Syria? Please check all options that you support.
Enforce sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41%
Send humanitarian aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52%
Evacuate refugees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43%
Send in ground forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Impose a "no-fly zone" over Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%
Conduct airstrikes against Syrian government targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12%
None of these . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way President Obama is handling the situation in Syria?
Strongly approve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%
Somewhat approve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Somewhat disapprove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Strongly disapprove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23%
No opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
