Analysis: How the Cold War colors U.S. perceptions of the war in Ukraine
When I was in high school, the threat posed by the U.S.S.R. vanished along with the U.S.S.R. itself. The wall came down and all of that; the global order lost its foundation and resettled in a new pattern. Russia was no longer the country’s primary enemy, to the point that President Barack Obama scoffed at the idea during a 2012 presidential debate.
This overlapped with a greater antipathy about the combatants among younger Americans. Those under the age of 45 were more sympathetic with Ukraine than with Russia, but less starkly than older Americans. They were also more likely to say that they sympathized with neither the invaders nor those being invaded.
In individual polls taken since the beginning of 2022, we see a consistent pattern. Older Americans are more likely to view Ukraine as a friend or ally and less likely to say that of Russia. Views of Ukraine spiked after the invasion occurred last February. Why? It’s not because of a change among Democrats. The same age gap exists with Democrats as exists overall, but views of Ukraine as an ally or friend have been stable among both the older and younger age groups.
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