More than 60 percent of Americans want the U.S. to take a leading or major role on the international stage, a new survey found.
The survey, released Thursday by Gallup, found that 19 percent of respondents want the U.S. to take a “leading role” and 47 percent want the country to take a “major role” in solving global problems.
Gallup noted that it’s lower than readings from 2001 to 2009, when Americans averaged at 75 percent support.
The 66 percent backing is the lowest rating of the last 25 years. The last time support was this low was in 2011, when 66 percent of Americans said the same.
Just 28 percent of Americans say the U.S. should take a minor role, and 3 percent think the country should have no role internationally at all.
Gallup noted that the survey was conducted in the early stages of the Trump administration, as they continued to manage the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and have sought to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
The survey was completed before President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got into a heated shouting match in the Oval Office last week.
The survey found that Republican and Democratic respondents were about equally as likely to say the U.S. should have a leading or major role, but more Republicans say the country should have a minor role.
Overtime, Republicans and independents have become less likely to favor the U.S. taking a large role internationally.
The survey found that a majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the country’s position in the world today. Gallup said its rare for a majority of respondents to be dissatisfied, as most have been satisfied dating back to the 1960s.
The survey was conducted Feb. 3-16 among 1,004 adults and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
