Almost 50% of US Voters Believe US Spending on Ukraine Excessive, Poll Reveals

© AFP 2024 DANIEL LEALA Ukrainian recruit points an unloaded AK-47 rifle during a five-week combat training course with the UK armed forces near Durrington in southern England on October 11, 2022.
A Ukrainian recruit points an unloaded AK-47 rifle during a five-week combat training course with the UK armed forces near Durrington in southern England on October 11, 2022. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 11.12.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Forty-eight percent of American voters believe that the United States is spending excessive amounts of money on military and financial assistance to Ukraine, a poll conducted by the Financial Times newspaper and Michigan Ross showed on Sunday.
The poll added that 27% of respondents said Washington was spending the "right amount" and 11% said the US was not spending enough.
In particular, dissatisfaction with government spending is most pronounced among Republicans, as 65% of them believe that aid to Ukraine should be reduced, and only 32% of Democrats think the same, the report said.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, meets with Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, left, at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 08.12.2023
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In addition, 40% of American voters consider the military and financial assistance that the United States provides to Israel also to be excessive, the report read.
The poll was conducted from December 5-6 and surveyed 1,004 people. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.
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