{"id":2557,"date":"2026-08-14T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:15:33","slug":"protests-may-no-longer-be-a-good-test-of-public-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"Protests May No Longer Be a Good Test of Public Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Public polls show Americans <span><u>broadly disapprove<\/u><\/span> of President Donald Trump\u2019s war against Iran.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2551\">Democrats Figuring It Out<\/a><\/p><p>Yet, six months into a war the Trump administration initially said would last only <span><u>a matter of weeks<\/u><\/span>, there have been few national protests of the scale seen for other major conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, the Iraq War and the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats say that\u2019s because of a deliberate strategy the Trump administration has taken to minimize political repercussions both in Congress and with the public.<\/p><p>\u201cI think the president and secretary of defense have been trying to keep this as kind of low-grade conflict as possible, largely because they understand how unpopular this war is, which I think has kind of muted a lot of the protests, at least the ones that I used to go to when I was protesting the Iraq War,\u201d said Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona), a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran who served as an infantryman in Iraq.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Altman\" class=\"wp-image-2550\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rogue AI Agents Are Alarming Researchers More Than Ever\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senate Defense\" class=\"wp-image-2555\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Defense Lobbyists Brace for Democrats\u2019 Oversight Blitz\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ned's Club\" class=\"wp-image-2500\" height=\"5300\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df.jpg\" width=\"7950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df.jpg 7950w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7950px) 100vw, 7950px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Ned\u2019s Club Is Buzzy, Exclusive \u2014 And a Work in Progress\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC0A6422 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2556\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23a3dce688d406a7ddde5b4443b1231c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23a3dce688d406a7ddde5b4443b1231c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23a3dce688d406a7ddde5b4443b1231c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23a3dce688d406a7ddde5b4443b1231c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson Are Right: <u>Politicians Should Care About Aesthetics.<\/u>\n<\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Trump\u2019s decision not to commit ground troops to another war in the Middle East has kept the U.S. death toll relatively low compared to the war in Iraq. The Pentagon has confirmed 18 service member fatalities and over 620 wounded during the Iran war so far. About 4,500 U.S. troops died during the Iraq War, a bloody conflict that sustained opposition, including the formation of several liberal anti-war groups that remain active today.<\/p><p>\u201cThere\u2019s a way in which these misadventures occur overseas, and people don\u2019t feel connected to them,\u201d Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) said.<\/p><p>Though Americans could soon start associating their increased cost of living with the war, Warnock said: \u201cAmericans are drowning in costs and are not always making the connection between this illegal war of choice and the prices that they\u2019re paying at the pump, but I think that could change.\u201d<\/p><p>There have been some anti-war protests this year, but they\u2019ve been lumped in with broader public demonstrations against the Trump administration\u2019s policies, including its expansion of executive power, its handling of the Epstein files, its immigration policies and the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement following deadly shootings in Minnesota. In late March, millions of people joined the third \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest, where, according to organizers, 8 million people participated across more than 3,300 sites nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Another No Kings protest may be coming soon, though it hasn\u2019t been scheduled. \u201cThis fall, rise to the occasion,\u201d reads a <span><u>notice<\/u><\/span> on the No Kings website. Other grassroots groups seem more focused on organizing events to protest ICE and to support voting rights.<\/p><p>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), one of Congress\u2019s most vocal critics of Trump who has accused the president of \u201cnuclear-grade\u201d corruption and self-dealing, said that \u201cpeople are pretty seized by the domestic threats to democracy right now.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI think most people\u2019s energy is right now being put into the fight to save democracy,\u201d Murphy added. \u201cI don\u2019t think that organized protests are always a proxy for whether or not people care about something.\u201d<\/p><p>Trump remains in a politically vulnerable position both with the public and with Congress, which has voiced opposition to being left out of the president\u2019s foreign policy agenda.<\/p><p>Unlike the Iraq War, Trump never sought approval from Congress before launching airstrikes against Iran in February, a conflict that has so far failed to force Iranian capitulation or dismantle its nuclear arsenal. The president has also done little to explain his strategy or sell a skeptical public on the war\u2019s aims, to the frustration of many Republicans on Capitol Hill.<\/p><p>The impact of the war has put the Republican majority in Congress at greater risk.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2547\">On the Record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s strikes against commercial ships navigating the critical Strait of Hormuz has also taken a toll on the global economy. The price of energy, gasoline and consumer goods remains stubbornly high, a key concern for many Americans and congressional Republicans just a few months until the November midterm elections.<\/p><p>There\u2019s also another theory for why there haven\u2019t been as many anti-war protests: Trump\u2019s military campaign in Iran is just so unpopular already, there\u2019s no need for widespread protests to convince the masses. Trump is already on an island, some say.<\/p><p>\u201cYou had to convince the public of an anti-war posture in Iraq,\u201d one Democratic strategist told NOTUS. \u201cThe anti-war posture is the default posture. It is a toxified position to be pro-war right now.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to convince a bunch of folks who are maybe in the skeptical middle that an anti-war posture is the right posture to have. You don\u2019t need 25,000 people, per se, outside of the White House every day to make the point,\u201d the strategist added.<\/p><p>Many congressional Democrats initially supported President George W. Bush\u2019s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, including prominent Democrats like Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Chuck Schumer. Their support eventually melted away as the war dragged on and public opinion turned against the conflict.<\/p><p>\u201cIt took time with the Iraq War for there to be momentum against the war,\u201d Sen. Adam Schiff (D-California) told NOTUS. \u201cThe public opinion has changed, I think, far more quickly on the Iran war than it did, as I recall, in the Iraq War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats opposed Trump\u2019s decision to go to war against Iran from the jump, condemning it as a misguided and unauthorized \u201cwar of choice\u201d that would cost much and accomplish little. It\u2019s not just progressive lawmakers, either. National security-minded Democrats have flatly opposed funding for the Iran war.<\/p><p>Opposition to the Iran war has been building on the right, too. Prominent media personalities and commentators who counted themselves as part of Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d movement have <span><u>questioned<\/u><\/span> the war\u2019s rationale and said it violated the president\u2019s campaign promises to keep the nation out of foreign entanglements. Earlier this year, Trump\u2019s National Counterterrorism Center director, Joe Kent, <span><u>resigned<\/u><\/span> in protest over the U.S. war with Iran.<\/p><p>But congressional Republicans have continued to support the war against Iran, even if many are concerned about the economic ramifications and the electoral backlash in November.<\/p><p>\u201cThe only real criticism I\u2019m hearing is people sort of wish we would focus more on domestic issues,\u201d Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told NOTUS when asked what he\u2019s hearing about the war from his constituents. \u201cPeople tend to vote based on kitchen table issues and not foreign relations or international relations.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cTo me, what the president has done is necessary in terms of preventing [Iran] from getting a nuclear weapon. I support what he\u2019s doing, although I understand how the message is a tough one during the run-up to midterm elections.\u201d<\/p><p>Democrats, meanwhile, are confident that the war and Trump\u2019s <span><u>cratering approval numbers<\/u><\/span> will help usher in a blue wave in November, with or without people hitting the streets.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a killer for him,\u201d the Democratic strategist added. \u201cIt is the thing that has actually cratered Trump\u2019s presidency. Yeah, the economy is obviously like a very tangible thing that people feel. But the thing that has actually really broken the ice on Trump\u2019s [support] is Iran.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2543\">David Flippo May Soon Join Congress. He Appears to Have Already Violated a Financial Law.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s war in Iran isn\u2019t inspiring the same anti-war movement that the Iraq war did. 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