What Polls About a Ukraine ‘No-Fly Zone’ Really Tell Us
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Nearly three in 10 who say enforcing a no-fly zone is a good idea also say they oppose the US shooting down Russian military planes.

The key conclusion here is that most Americans have not firmly decided about the merits of a U.S.-enforced no-fly zone. That conclusion no doubt holds true for most, if not all, of the other policy proposals included in the poll.

  • Star Wars Enjoyer @lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    3 years ago

    Summary for people who want the basics of what this says, but don’t have the time or will to read it.

    YouGov put out a series of polls asking Americans if they support the “No-fly zone over Ukraine”, every time they ran the poll they found around 40% in favour of it, with the opposition being a smaller percentile, between 20% and 30%.

    Even with the explanation of what a “No-fly zone” would entail - the shooting down of Russian military aircraft - the vote was 42% in favour and 33% opposing. When they didn’t include the explanation, the only change was 28% opposed, the same amount was in favour.

    Nearly three in 10 of those who say that enforcing a no-fly zone is a good idea also say that they oppose the US shooting down Russian military planes flying over Ukraine; 13% of those who call enforcing a no-fly zone a bad idea support the US shooting down Russian planes.

    Here is an image of a spreadsheet provided in the article

    • bufalo73@lemmygrad.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Let’s see if I understand this:

      • Some people that DO want a “we’ll shoot down trespassers” zone DOESN’T want the trespassers shot down.
      • Some people that DON’T want a “we’ll shoot down trespassers” zone DO want the trespassers shot down.

      Sorry, I don’t understand how their minds work.