In a survey released on Wednesday, Data for Progress found that 64 percent of US voters say they oppose Trump’s proposal, while only 27 percent support it, a margin of 37 points.
Nearly half of the survey’s 1,201 respondents, accounting for 47 percent, also said they “strongly” are against the plan.
Data for Progress found that opposition was strongest among Democrats, with 85 percent disapproving of the proposal, including 78 percent “strongly” in opposition.
A plurality of independents, 63 percent, disagreed to Trump’s plan for Gaza, while Republicans favored the proposal by a small margin, with 46 percent supporting and 43 percent opposing.
According to the poll, the proposal to forcibly expel Palestinian survivors of the US-backed Israeli genocide is more unpopular when American troops are involved.
Data for Progress found that nearly seven in 10 voters say they oppose sending US troops to West Asia in order to take over Gaza, with 25 percent in favor.
The poll was carried out in English from February 8 to 9, 2025, using web panels. The margin of error associated with the sample size is ±3 percentage points.
On February 4, Trump hosted Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC. At a joint press conference there, Trump said he would take control of Gaza – possibly with the help of US troops – to create a “Riviera of the Middle East.”
He had earlier suggested that displaced Palestinians could be resettled in neighboring Arab countries.
Washington’s European allies, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt have rejected Trump’s plot, reiterating calls for the so-called two-state solution.