--- description: Americans support drone strikes by a slim majority, even if the rest of the world begs to differ by wide margins, according to the results of a new poll released by Pew Research Center on Monday. title: Americans Support Drone Strikes, Rest of World Opposes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c8e18de2bdd04b5/69869bbecd804de9a1ccbed2/459364229.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Americans Support Drone Strikes, Rest of World Begs to Differ  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 2:20 PM CUT  Activists shout slogans as they protest against a US drone attack in Multan, Pakistan on December 26, 2103. Activists shout slogans as they protest against a US drone attack in Multan, Pakistan on December 26, 2103.S S MIRZA—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 2:20 PM CUT Americans support drone strikes by a slim majority, even if the rest of the world begs to differ by a wide margin, according to a new poll released by Pew Research Center on Monday. The survey [found](http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/14/global-opposition-to-u-s-surveillance-and-drones-but-limited-harm-to-americas-image/ "undefined") that a majority of respondents in 39 countries opposed U.S. drone strikes, compared with only three countries, Israel, Kenya and the U.S., where more than half of respondents supported the tactic. Nowhere did the support match the lopsided opposition in countries such as Venezuela and Jordan, where disapproval topped 90%. Despite these misgivings about signature American policies, global opinion of the U.S. remains unchanged according to Pew, with a median of 65% of respondents across 43 nations expressing positive views. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2986118/drone-strike-poll-pew/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2986118/drone-strike-poll-pew/"},"headline":"Americans Support Drone Strikes, Rest of World Begs to Differ","datePublished":"2014-07-15T14:20:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:09:02.840Z","description":"A global opinion poll finds majorities in 39 countries disapprove of U.S. drone strikes","url":"https://time.com/2986118/drone-strike-poll-pew/","keywords":["Terrorism","Drones","National Security"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c8e18de2bdd04b5/69869bbecd804de9a1ccbed2/459364229.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c8e18de2bdd04b5/69869bbecd804de9a1ccbed2/459364229.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PAKISTAN-US-MISSILE-ATTACK","caption":"PAKISTAN-US-MISSILE-ATTACK","creditText":"S S MIRZA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2986118/drone-strike-poll-pew/","name":"Americans Support Drone Strikes, Rest of World Begs to Differ"}}]}] ```