Strong public opposition to Syria strike, no matter the politics
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It's hard to remember the last time a national issue in the United States didn't break down along party lines.
Syria, and whether the U.S. should bomb it, is that kind of issue, a new poll confirms.
More Americans -- 48 percent to 29 percent -- oppose than support conducting military airstrikes against Syria in response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, the survey this afternoon from Pew Research says.
There are a few whiffs of partisanship in the breakdown of the poll, but not many:
If there is a gap in how Americans feel about this, it's gender. Men are twice as likely as women to favor U.S. military airstrikes, the poll says.
Nonetheless, only about a third of Americans are watching the issue "very closely."
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