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Most Americans want the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress to move fast on two fronts: ending the war with Iran and scrapping Donald Trump's tariffs, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has found.
The poll, which ran over four days and finished on Monday, signaled public pressure for rapid action on the high cost of living. Some 71% of Americans want Congress to pass legislation ending the conflict with Iran, which Trump launched alongside U.S. ally Israel in February. That figure includes 93% of Democrats and 51% of Republicans.
A smaller share of respondents, 62%, said they would back an effort to repeal the tariffs on imports introduced by the Trump administration. Democrats won their largest majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives since at least 2008 in last week's midterm elections, in a sharp rebuke to Trump's Republicans over high costs and a deeply unpopular war.
The new Congress will be sworn in on January 3, when Democrats take power. The war with Iran has pushed fuel prices sharply higher, adding to inflation already stoked by the new taxes Trump slapped on hundreds of imported goods. Trump has defended the war as necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
