And remember that both Vietnam and Iraq took a while to become unpopular, because it took time for it to be clear that they wre going badly. With Iran, the disaster was clear almost immediately.
If you go through the crosstabs the share saying "definitely wrong" to participate in WW2 is:
- 7% among 18-29s, 7% among 30-44s, 5% among 45-64s, 2% among 65+
- 4% of Trump voters, 5% of Harris voters, 11% of third-party or 2024 nonvoters
- 3% of self-ID'd conservatives, 7% of moderates, 5% of liberals
- 10% of nonwhites, 3% of whites
If thinking that WW2 participation was a mistake was a proxy for antisemitism, you would probably expect to see higher shares among conservatives and lower shares among liberals than what we observe, since generally antisemitic beliefs are more prevalent on the right than on the left, particularly with young people (https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/antisemitism-and-anti-zionism-are). The highest shares are among people who aren't very ideological (moderates) or didn't vote for a major-party candidate in 2024, which makes me think this is basically people who are broadly not very politically engaged being skeptical of wars in general (and also some element of fading historical memory with the age gradient).
And remember that both Vietnam and Iraq took a while to become unpopular, because it took time for it to be clear that they wre going badly. With Iran, the disaster was clear almost immediately.
The only thing I’d add to this is that it’s by no means clear the administration went to war with Iran to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon - the rationale was totally all over the place. https://zachill.substack.com/p/the-war-without-a-why?r=j2xo&utm_medium=ios
And voting is already happening.
Yesterday I filled out my mail-in ballot and sent it back.
Okay.... who are the 5% who think it was definately wrong to participate in WWII???
You could get 5% disapproval for puppies and sunshine in a poll.
True, so very true, in retrospect I shouldn't have been astonished.
... You know who.
If you go through the crosstabs the share saying "definitely wrong" to participate in WW2 is:
- 7% among 18-29s, 7% among 30-44s, 5% among 45-64s, 2% among 65+
- 4% of Trump voters, 5% of Harris voters, 11% of third-party or 2024 nonvoters
- 3% of self-ID'd conservatives, 7% of moderates, 5% of liberals
- 10% of nonwhites, 3% of whites
If thinking that WW2 participation was a mistake was a proxy for antisemitism, you would probably expect to see higher shares among conservatives and lower shares among liberals than what we observe, since generally antisemitic beliefs are more prevalent on the right than on the left, particularly with young people (https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/antisemitism-and-anti-zionism-are). The highest shares are among people who aren't very ideological (moderates) or didn't vote for a major-party candidate in 2024, which makes me think this is basically people who are broadly not very politically engaged being skeptical of wars in general (and also some element of fading historical memory with the age gradient).
Makes sense.