WASHINGTON — Majorities of Americans want the newly elected Democratic-majority US Congress to act to end the war with Iran and to repeal tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday. Reuters said the findings signal demand for quick action to address the high cost of living.

Source: Reuters via The Business Standard, Nov 10, 2026

The four-day poll, completed on Monday, showed 71 percent of Americans want the US Congress to pass legislation ending the conflict with Iran that Trump launched alongside US ally Israel in February. Support crossed party lines: 93 percent of Democrats and 51 percent of Republicans backed such legislation, Reuters reported.

Source: Reuters, Nov 10, 2026

Tariffs, and how the parties are seen

A smaller majority, 62 percent, said they would support an effort to repeal the import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration — backed by 93 percent of Democrats but only 32 percent of Republicans, according to the poll's topline. On party image, 45 percent of Americans had a favourable view of Democrats and 51 percent an unfavourable view; for Republicans the figures were 35 percent favourable and 60 percent unfavourable.

Source: Reuters/Ipsos topline via Clash Report, Nov 10, 2026

The poll arrives a week after the US midterm elections reshaped Congress. Democrats will take power when the new Congress is sworn in on January 3, Reuters noted — which is what gives the finding its practical force: the voters surveyed are asking a Congress that does not sit until January to make ending the war one of its first acts.

Why this is a world story, not just US politics

The war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February has run through the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf shipping, oil prices and mediation efforts from Qatar to the G7 — and through the working lives of the lakhs of Punjabi and Indian workers in the Gulf whose safety and remittances move with every escalation. An American public asking its legislature to end the war by law is a new pressure point on the war itself, separate from the talks: it raises the prospect of Congress using its war and spending powers against a president who has said the fighting is militarily 'effectively over' while keeping a naval blockade of Iranian ports in place.

What happens next: watch the incoming Congress's first weeks from January 3 — whether Democratic leaders bring an Iran war-powers or funding bill to a vote, whether the Republican support the poll records (51 percent of Republican voters) translates into Republican votes in Congress, and whether the White House moves first through the ongoing mediation track. Awaaz Punjab will report any bill, vote or presidential response as a separate follow-up story.