More than 9 in 10 MAGA voters back Operation Epic Fury, poll finds

Ninety-three percent of self-described ‘MAGA or Trump Conservatives’ reported supporting the Israel-US alliance, while 80 percent of all Trump voters between the ages of 18 and 29 surveyed said the same.

By Zach Kessel, The Washington Free Beacon

More than 9 in 10 self-described “MAGA or Trump Conservatives” say they approve of the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against the Iranian regime, according to a new poll from the Vandenberg Coalition and TargetPoint shared exclusively with the Washington Free Beacon.

The survey—conducted between March 3 and March 5 with a sample size of 1,232 respondents who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024—broke down respondents into camps of “Traditional Conservative,” “MAGA or Trump Conservative,” “Moderate Republican,” and “Libertarian.”

Overall, 84 percent of the Trump voters surveyed said they approve of the military campaign against the Iranian regime, while just 14 percent disapprove.

Eighty-three percent of those who identify with the MAGA movement believe U.S.-Israeli strikes in the first few days of Operation Epic Fury have made the United States safer, the poll shows.

On a wider scale, 92 percent of MAGA respondents said they agree with the statement that “President Trump’s use of force against Iran will help deter future attacks from our adversaries.”

Libertarians, according to the poll, are the group on the right most likely to oppose the military engagement. Even so, 74 percent of libertarians surveyed reported approving of the campaign.

The Vandenberg-TargetPoint poll also includes a question about the military partnership between the United States and Israel.

Ninety-three percent of self-described “MAGA or Trump Conservatives” reported supporting that alliance, while 80 percent of all Trump voters between the ages of 18 and 29 surveyed said the same.

The poll comes as certain figures like podcaster and former television personality Tucker Carlson seek to make the case that the campaign against the Islamic Republic is out of step with Trump’s MAGA base.

Carlson has also pushed a conspiracy theory claiming the Chabad Hasidic movement, perhaps best known in the United States for hosting Shabbat dinners on college campuses, is behind Operation Epic Fury.

Carlson, who described the operation as “Israel’s war” rather than the United States’, already earned a rebuke from Trump. The president told Jonathan Karl of ABC News that Carlson “has lost his way” and is “not MAGA.”

“MAGA is saving our country,” Trump continued. “MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that.”

The podcasters who have attempted to make the case that the military operation is both opposed to U.S. interests and a product of Israeli influence do not seem to have pushed their audiences in that direction, the Vandenberg-TargetPoint poll shows.

Among respondents who “receive information on foreign policy news” from podcasts, 78 percent approve of the campaign against the Iranian regime and 77 percent support the U.S.-Israeli military partnership.

Vandenberg Coalition executive director Carrie Filipetti told the Free Beacon that the survey results demonstrate that the MAGA movement remains unified.

“President Trump has reminded Americans that we get a say in the future world we live in, and that future no longer involves capitulation to Russia, China, Iran, or any of their junior partners,” Filipetti said.

“Those chronically online may disagree—but those in the real world know that MAGA is united behind peace through strength.”

The Vandenberg-TargetPoint results align with other polling conducted since Trump’s second term began.

Ninety percent of Trump voters supported the U.S. strikes against Iran’s nuclear program in June, and an August Vandenberg-TargetPoint survey found that another 90 percent of self-described “MAGA Conservatives” agreed with the idea that “the United States should continue its strong military support for Israel.”

The Free Beacon conducted its own poll in September, finding that young conservatives and Trump voters—even those who listen to Carlson and fellow podcasters Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes—have a largely positive view of the Jewish State.