US voters’ sympathies for Israel hit historic low – survey
Around 40% believe that the IDF’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide, a recent poll suggests
Sympathies for Israel over Palestine among US voters have plummeted to a record low, according to a recent survey by Big Data Poll (BDP).
The pollster interviewed 2,005 registered voters, finding that 29.1% said they side with Israel, while 21.4% said they side with the Palestinians. Nearly 30% said they sympathize with neither side of the conflict, which BDP interprets as a “clear indication of growing weariness over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
“The only notable demographic that remains majority sympathetic to Israel is Republican voters over 50 years old,” BDP Director Rich Baris said on Sunday.
According to BDP, sympathies for Israel had spiked to 54% shortly after the surprise Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200 Israelis and prompted Israel’s bombing campaign and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Support for Israel has since declined as the death toll in Gaza has risen.
Nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to local health officials. The BDP poll indicates that nearly 40% of registered US voters believe Israel’s actions amount to genocide, while nearly 30% said they disagree with this assessment.
A ceasefire took effect last month, after which Hamas returned the last remaining living Israeli hostages captured during the 2023 attack in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
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