From the read-out from the latest Quinnipiac poll:
A third of Americans (33 percent) think the United States is doing too much to help Ukraine, 18 percent think the U.S. is doing too little, and 41 percent think the U.S. is doing about the right amount to help Ukraine.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64 percent) think supporting Ukraine is in the national interest of the United States, while 29 percent think it is not in the national interest of the United States.
But if you look at the internals, there’s a big divide. Fifty-five percent of Republicans think we are doing too much, and 23 think we’ve got it right. It’s the reverse among Democrats (61 right, 13 too much). Independents are evenly divided (37 right, 35 too much). On the question of whether it’s in our interest, Republicans are also in a different place, evenly divided 47–47, while majorities of Democrats and independents think it’s in our interest.
There’s also an education divide: Among white people with four-year degrees, 55 percent think we are getting it right, whereas only 35 percent of whites without four-year degrees think we are getting it right.
In short, if Republican presidential candidates are adopting a dovish position on Ukraine or are afraid to defend a hawkish position, there’s a reason for that.