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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Reagan Institute Poll Finds 39% Back Iran Deal, 36% Favor Regime Change
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 18

Reagan Institute Poll Finds 39% Back Iran Deal, 36% Favor Regime Change

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18

Summary

  • A Reagan Institute survey found Americans narrowly prefer a negotiated Iran settlement over regime change, 39% to 36%, with 16% favoring a weakened regime and 8% undecided.
  • The split lands as President Donald Trump pushes a new memorandum with Iran that opens a 60-day negotiating window and ties limited sanctions waivers to continued talks.
  • Republicans broke sharply toward a harder line: 50% backed replacing Iran's government versus 25% supporting a deal, while self-identified MAGA Republicans split 51% to 25% the same way.
  • Democrats largely favored diplomacy, with 52% supporting a settlement and 25% regime change, underscoring the domestic political challenge for Trump's effort to curb Iran's nuclear and missile programs through talks.
  • The May 26-June 3 poll surveyed 1,555 people nationwide and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Insights

With Iran's missile program off the table, can this new agreement truly guarantee long-term peace or just delay another conflict?
Will a $300 billion reconstruction fund reset decades of hostility or simply finance Iran's future ambitions in the region?
After a costly war, what does this sudden pivot to diplomacy signal about the future of American foreign policy?