A majority of Americans say they support sanctions on Russia and its allies over the ongoing war with Ukraine, according to a poll released Friday by YouGov.
The survey found that 44 percent of U.S. citizens said the country should increase sanctions on Moscow, compared to 19 percent who say the set sanctions should remain.
Twenty three percent of respondents were unsure about how to move forward while 6 percent said sanctions should be decrease. Nine percent said the U.S. should end all sanctions.
The survey was taken after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other GOP lawmakers urged President Trump to punish his counterpart, Russian President Vladimir Putin, with economic restrictions following repeated strikes on Kyiv.
The over three years-long war has been backed by U.S. dollars sent to Ukraine to bolster their defense against their neighbor.
Graham said he believes his bill, which has more than 60 cosponsors, to impose new sanctions on Russia and tariffs on countries that purchase Russian oil, gas and uranium would help put an end to the conflict overseas.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has spoken out against the effort while Trump his still mulling his support.
“The Graham bill would derail President Trump’s efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Self-defeating economic warfare is no way to achieve peace,” Paul said on the social media platform X.
“This bill won’t force China or India to change behavior, but it will impose an effective embargo on ourselves that will hurt American families,” he said.
YouGov’s Friday poll shows that most Democrats — 59 percent — and more than a third of Republicans, 37 percent, support sanctions on Russia.
Forty-two percent of independents said they feel the same.
YouGov’s poll was conducted online between June 12 and June 16 with 1,133 U.S. adult citizens from an opt-in panel. The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 4 percentage points.
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