American adults seem to find themselves in the same quandary as their government over what to do about Iran and its flirtation with becoming a military nuclear power, according to a poll taken for the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Sept. 30-Oct. 4.
On the one hand, public opinion in this country supports direct negotiations (63 percent).
On the other hand, they don't think it will work (64 percent).
Even more of them support ratcheting up sanctions on Iran (78 percent).
But they're not sure that will work either (32 percent yes, 56 percent no, 11 percent don't know).
Still, there's some question about how much people are paying attention to Iran's nuclear ambitions (41 percent have heard a lot; 41 percent have heard a little), virtually unchanged from three years ago.
People who have heard a lot about it are overwhelmingly in favor of negotiation (71 percent), but people who have heard less still favor negotiation, although with a smaller majority (58 percent). Same with sanctions - those who have heard a lot favor them (89 percent), as do those who have head less about the issue (72 percent).
The poll was based on live telephone interviews with 1,500 adults nationwide and carries an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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