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Republicans say 68 – 25 percent and independents say 57 – 36 percent they would stay and fight, while Democrats say 52 – 40 percent they would leave the country.

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• As the world witnesses what is happening to Ukraine, Americans were asked what they would do if they were in the same position as Ukrainians are now: stay and fight or leave the country?

• A majority (55 percent) say they would stay and fight, while 38 percent say they would leave the country. Republicans say 68 – 25 percent and independents say 57 – 36 percent they would stay and fight, while Democrats say 52 – 40 percent they would leave the country.

• Nearly half of Americans (49 percent) say the attack on Ukraine has contributed to them feeling anxious, while half (50 percent) say it has not.

• 1,374 U.S. adults nationwide were surveyed from March 4th – 6th with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.

• In the last week, there’s been a jump in the number of Americans who think Russian President Vladimir Putin is mentally unstable. In today’s poll, 60 percent think he’s mentally unstable, while 21 percent think he’s mentally stable. A week ago, 49 percent thought Putin was mentally unstable, while 31 percent thought he was mentally stable.

• Half of Americans (50 percent) compare Vladimir Putin’s actions against Ukraine to Adolph Hitler’s actions against Austria and Czechoslovakia before the outbreak of World War II, while 31 percent say that comparison is too strong, and 18 percent say they don’t know enough about that history.

• Americans think 86 – 11 percent that the Russian people do not have a say in what Vladimir Putin and his government choose to do.

• Americans overwhelmingly (74 – 19 percent) do not think the Russian people have a full understanding of what is happening in Ukraine, given what they know about Russia and its people’s access to information.