Trump's approval holds at record low as US support for Iran war falls, Reuters Ipsos poll finds

Some 83% of the country thinks the war will go on "for an extended period of time," the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found, up from 80% earlier this month.

Trump campaigned ahead of the 2024 presidential election on promises to control inflation and avoid lengthy military conflicts. Six months into the war with Iran, U.S. gasoline prices are more than a dollar higher per gallon than they were before the war. That is weighing on Trump's Republican allies who will be defending narrow congressional majorities in the November 3 midterm elections.

Independent voters in the poll favored Democrats over Republicans - 33% to 19% - when asked who they would vote for in congressional elections if the election were held today.

The poll surveyed 1,215 U.S. adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.