A joint poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News shows that some 48 percent of registered US voters are against House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu to address Congress on the Iranian nuclear deal, which bypassed Obama. Thirty percent say Boehner should have gone through the president before extending the invitation, while one-fifth didn’t have an answer.
But despite the tensions over the address, the survey finds that among both Republicans and Democrats, Netanyahu’s approval ratings have gone up since August 2014. Overall, some 30% favor Netanyahu (up from 26% in August), and 17% view him negatively.
The approval rate was higher among Republicans at 49% (an increase from 36% in August). Among Democrats, some 13% ranked him favorably, up slightly from 12% in August.
Meanwhile, nearly half (47%) of the participants viewed Israel positively, and 17% negatively.
The poll surveyed 800 respondents between February 25-28, with a margin of error of 3.46 percent.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 24, 2011 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci, File)
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