Most of the increase has come among Republicans.
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About 6 in 10 Republicans favor more spending, a 24-point jump since 2014.
43 percent of Clinton supporters and 25 percent of Sanders supporters want more military spending.
And the gap in support for higher military spending between Republicans and Democrats, which was 25 percentage points three years ago, now stands at 41 points. Overall, 80% say ISIS is a major threat to the well-being of the United States, while 16% say it is a minor threat and 3% say it is not a threat; views are little changed from December.
Not surprisingly Trump’s supporters are among the most adamant about an “America First” foreign policy, including its role in the global economy. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich dropped out of the race this week.
Twenty-four percent of Americans said defense spending should be cut back, while 40 percent said it should be kept about the same. The poll was conducted last month and questioned 2,000 voters.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans want the United States “to deal with its own problems and let other countries deal with their own problems as best they can”. Meanwhile, 37 percent said the US should help other countries deal with their problems.
Liberal Democrats are also the least likely to view China’s emergence as a world power, tensions with Russian Federation and global economic instability as major threats to the U.S. There are more-modest partisan and ideological differences in perceptions of the threat of cyberattacks from other countries, global economic instability or the rapid spread of infectious diseases from country to country.
Opposition to USA global engagement is not as widespread as in 2013, when it reached historic levels of 51 percent.
Respondents were also asked if the United States’ involvement in the global economy was a good or bad thing and the responses were pretty evenly split with 49 percent saying it was a bad thing and 44 percent saying it was a good thing.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Americans’ perceptions of the USA military’s fight against ISIS are becoming more positive, though a majority still view the effort as going badly, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. Roughly six-in-ten Republicans (62 percent) say the United States should deal with its own problems and let other countries deal with their problems as best they can, compared with 47 percent of Democrats. For Democrats, 61 percent said it’s going well, compared with 57 percent in December. Fully 65 percent of Republican registered voters who prefer Mr. Trump for the Republican presidential nomination say US involvement in the global economy is a bad thing, compared with only about half of those who prefer Mr. Cruz (49 percent) or Mr. Kasich (46 percent).
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The skepticism of Mr. Trumps supporters toward USA global economic ties extends to increasing the level of imports from developing countries. And 67% say they oppose importing more goods from developing countries.
