Economist: Half of Americans say war with Iran was a mistake

An Economist poll finds 50% of American voters consider the war with Iran a mistake.

The Economist survey shows that 50% of American voters consider the war with Iran to be a mistake.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the results of a joint survey by the Economist and Yugao Institute show that 50% of American voters believe that the decision to send the country's military forces to war with Iran was wrong.

According to the chart published from this survey, which was conducted on September 11-14, 2026, the war with Iran, along with the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, are among the wars in which a high percentage of American voters expressed a negative opinion about the wrongness of their country's military presence.

According to the data in the chart, about 50% of American voters believe that sending military forces to the Iran war was a mistake. This amount is estimated at 49% for the Iraq war and 45% for the Afghanistan war.

In the meantime, the Vietnam War, with about 56%, has the highest share of respondents who believe that the US entry into that war was a mistake. Also, about 27% of the respondents had this opinion about the Korean War, 10% about the Second World War, and 13% about the First World War.

The results of this survey show that half of the American voters consider their country's military presence in the war with Iran as a wrong decision; An issue that can indicate the existence of considerable doubt in the American public opinion regarding the costs and consequences of the war.

It should be noted that this statistic shows the views of the respondents about the wrongness of sending troops to wars and does not alone express the opinion of all American citizens or the reason for the formation of these views.