(Denver, Colorado) — President Obama is making a hard-sell
to
build public and Congressional support for the Iran
nuclear deal. But he’s face
far stiffer resistance than he or his
political team expected.
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The latest polls show the American people oppose the deal 2 to 1 —
and the more they learn of the details, the more
opposed they become.
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Key Democrats in in the House and Senate are
suddenly breaking with the President and declaring their
opposition to the
deal.
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The Canadian government has come out against the deal.
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Israeli leaders — both the government and the head of the
opposition — are against the deal, as are 74% of the Israeli
people.
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Arab leaders are speaking out against the deal, as well.
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“Poll: Americans oppose Iran
deal by 2-1 margin” (The Hill, 8/3/15)
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“Nearly six in 10 Americans, or 57 percent, oppose the nuclear
deal, while 28 percent voice support for it in the
national poll released
Monday, in a 2-to-1 margin against the deal.
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“Republicans strongly oppose the deal brokered by the Obama
administration, 86 to 3 percent, while Democrats
support the top second-term
foreign policy agenda item for
President Obama, 52 to 32 percent.
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“A majority of Americans disapprove the way Obama is handling the
situation in Iran (56 percent), compared with
35 percent who approve. A
majority (58 percent) also thinks the deal makes the world less safe….
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“The latest survey from Quinnipiac was commissioned amid testimony
on Capitol Hill from Secretary of State John Kerry, Energy Secretary Ernest
Moniz and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in favor of the deal.
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“The survey of 1,644 registered U.S. voters was conducted July
23-28 via landlines and cellphones with a margin of error of 2.4 points.”
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“New poll shows opposition to
Iran deal” (Washington Examiner, 7/29/15)
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80 percent oppose giving Iran $150 billion in early sanctions
absent congressional approval of the deal
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72 percent said that Congress shouldn’t approve an agreement that
does not allow independent U.S. inspections of Iran’s military laboratories
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68 percent don’t believe that inspections overseen by the United
Nations that allow up to a 24-day notification period before will prevent Iran
from cheating
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63 percent disagree that the deal stops Iran from developing
nuclear weapons.
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“It’s abundantly clear that the more Americans learn about key
details within the Iran agreement, the less they like it,” said Pat Caddell, a
Democratic pollster who conducted the poll, along with the Republican firm
McLaughlin & Associates. “Opposition to the deal is growing as the facts
work their way into kitchen table conversations across the country….”
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“The poll was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates and
Caddell Associates for Secure America Now, a group that bills itself as a
nonpartisan organization focused on security issues. It surveyed 800 likely
general election voters July 22-23 and had an error margin of 3.5 percentage
points, although some message testing questions had an error margin of 4.9
percentage points. Polls gauging American voters’ opinions of the Iran deal
have varied, with some showing support and others showing opposition.”
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