The United States spends approximately $2,500 per person on defense, while the other NATO nations spend $500 per person. Knowing this, 49% of voters think the United States should remove its troops from Western Europe and let the Europeans defend themselves. Twenty-eight percent (28%) disagree, and another 22% are not sure. What’s especially interesting on this point is that the results virtually identical to results those found in January. However, in January, people were not told of the spending disparity between the United States and its NATO allies.
Voters in the president’s party feel more strongly than Republicans and unaffiliated voters that there is still a need for the United States to belong to NATO. There is little partisan disagreement, however, when it comes to the United States removing its troops from Western Europe, with all three groups tending to favor such a move.
