This is some early polling on the Ukraine situation, starting last Sunday and ending on Thursday. Since that doesn’t include very much time since the invasion was launched on Wednesday, I wouldn’t place too much importance on this data. Nonetheless, it’s interesting to know where the country stood on the precipice of this war.
And, by the way, I don’t think most people hold the Russian people responsible for this, Putin is a dictator and this is on him:
On Biden personally, views revert to typical sharp partisanship, with independents — usually the fulcrum in national politics — siding negatively. Sixty-six percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s handling of the situation, dropping to 30% of independents and 8% of Republicans. Instead, 75% of Republicans and 54% of independents disapprove, compared with 13% of Democrats; the rest in each case are undecided.
I’m not sure what people think Biden could have done that would have prevented this? Sucked up to Putin like Trump did? I’m afraid that only works when Putin is dealing with a narcissistic moron. And such a relationship has diminishing return for America and the world.
Update — This clarifies that question a little bit: