American opinion and a separate European war

American opinion on war in Europe included several positions that did not map neatly onto support for a Pacific war. Some opposed foreign wars generally, while others wanted to avoid another European conflict but accepted fighting in the Pacific. Sympathy with Germany, expectations of a German victory and opposition to war with Italy added further divisions. Interventionists argued that the United States should act before German control of Europe made a later conflict more dangerous. A claimed 90 percent level of support for war with Germany and Italy referred to respondents to a particular magazine survey, so it cannot simply stand for the whole population. In the non-declaration counterfactual, Roosevelt would still have to secure agreement to join the European war while already fighting alongside some of those Allies against Japan. That process could involve prolonged congressional wrangling, including the possibility that no declaration passed.