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Senate Democrats vs. voters on Iran [Updated] - The Washington Post
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Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post cites the Pew poll of September 3-7, 2015, on the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015, showing increase in skepticism about the deal's provisions by people who are informed to some extent (a little or a lot) about its details- 57% opposing to 27% supporting. The strongly partisan opinion on the issue, and the lobbying on both sides, including bringing Iraq WMD into the picture as noted by Dana Milbank in another column in the Washington Post, overstates each case. This draws attention away from the actual provisions. About 30% have no opinion it appears because the issue of this magnitude involving nuclear weapons proliferation has become politicized when it should be examined only on its merits, where public opinion would be shaped by the details of the deal itself, not who has negotiated it. The Pew Research Center poll shows 21% support the agreement negotiated with Iran, 49% disapprove, 30% offer no opinion. This compares with a poll taken 6 weeks before in July 2015 showing 33% supporting it and 45% opposing it.
The Pew Research Center polls of July and September 2015 on the July 2015 nuclear deal with Iran showing a shift in sentiment
09/09/2015
The September Pew Research Center poll shows a shift in sentiment - 49% opposing the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal and 21% supporting it, with 30% not offering an opinion.
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The percentage of people polled in the do not know enough to formulate an opinion category goes up six percentage points to 46% from 40%, the opposed declines by six percentage points to 17% from 23%, and those in favor stays steady at 36%, showing a slight shift between the polls in April and July 2015. Because of the intricacies of a deal and other behavioural factors the uncertain caegory dominates. Intricacies involve the details about nuclear technology and sites in Iran. The element of distrust involves inspection of military sites, and Iranian promises not kept in the past. Behavioural factors include the large number of young people in Iran born after the revolution, a possible shift to moderation in policies as Iran opens up to the world, and the risks of Iran going back to isolation and hardliners if the talks failed. About 70% of the population in Iran of 74 million is under 35 years of age, meaning that almost all know little about the period before the revolution in 1979, and are the group most open to the outside world. Failure to close a deal also increased the risk that the Saudis would strive to develop nuclear weapons technology increasing proliferation. Pressure on Iran, including from Israel and the U.S. Congress, serves to get the best possible deal. A deal has economic repercussion for oil prices, as it means the flow of Iranian oil to markets, competing with the Saudis and shale oil producers in the U.S., and providing a boost to the economies of the U.S., Europe, China and India, at a time of sluggish growth in the global economy in 2015. Germany which lost a growing business in Russia with the sanctions gains a new market in Iran. and containing its nuclear program.
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Increasing skepticism about the deal's provisions shown in Pew Research Center polls taken in July and Sept 2015.
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