As Iran and the United States are
holding intense talks about Tehran’s nuclear program in the Swiss city of
Lausanne, a new poll shows that Americans broadly support direct negotiations
with Iran.
According to a CNN/ORC International Poll,
direct diplomatic negotiations between Iran and the US are broadly popular as
68 percent of the total 1,009 respondents voted in favor of the talks.
The poll, which was conducted on March 13-15, 2015, indicated
that only 29 percent of adult Americans oppose their country’s direct talks
with Iran.
Also according to the poll, the majority of
the US party lines support diplomacy between the US and Iran with 77 percent of
Democrats, 65 percent of Republicans and 64 percent of independents favoring
it.
According to the poll, 49 percent of Americans
believe that the letter went too far, while 39 percent say it was an
appropriate response to the way the nuclear negotiations were going.
Opinions on the letter were divided along
partisan lines, with 67 percent of Democrats saying it went too far while 52
percent of Republicans called it appropriate. However, 47 percent of
independents think the letter went too far while 42 percent regard it as
appropriate.
Fifty percent of Republicans said the letter
had no impact on the US negotiations with Iran while 24 percent believe it
helped and 21 percent thought it hurt. Among Democrats, 44 percent said
it had no impact, 30 percent that it hurt and 22 percent that it helped.
Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:31AM PTV
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