Public Limits on Territorial Seizure

New polling shows strong, cross‑partisan public opposition to using military force to seize territory (73% oppose in this YouGov survey). Even where partisan majorities may back diplomatic acquisition, armed takeover lacks democratic legitimacy and is politically costly. — This constrains executive foreign‑policy options and signals that dramatic, unilateral territorial moves (or talk of them) require explicit public justification or will provoke domestic and allied pushback.