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Most American evangelicals support Israel. I'm not so sure if the rest of the remaining Americans also support Israel.

dmix 1y ago
According to Gallup the majority of the US public supports Israel over Palestine, just as it has for decades. It's now "at it's lowest in 25 years" but it's still 46% vs 33% for Palestine, down from around 60% pro Israel in prior years. https://thecradle.co/articles/us-popular-support-for-israel-hits-lowest-point-in-25-years-poll https://thecradle.co/articles/us-popular-support-for-israel-... About 10% of Americans identify as evangelical protestants https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-many-evangelicals-are-there https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-many-evangelicals-...
- lawlessone 1y ago
  That drops quite bad for Israel though if means more Americans wouldn't mind cutting off support for them. A lot more Americans support helping Ukraine.
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- netsharc 1y ago
  > According to Gallup the majority of the US public supports Israel over Palestine Gotta love you turning this into a concept similar to "which sports team do you support more". Following your link, the actual question is "In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?". which has a lot different nuance (nuance? Oh wait I forget where I am...)
- int_19h 1y ago
  46% is a plurality, not a majority.
  - dmix 1y ago
    Good point!
- pksebben 1y ago
  Friendly reminder that all polls are biased based on a willingness to engage in polls. Response rates are stunningly low (10% is normal [0]) so whatever your polls are saying, they're saying it specifically about a statistically insignificant portion of the population that is biased towards trusting institutions and polls. 0 - https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/83/S1/280/5520778 https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/83/S1/280/5520...
arevno 1y ago
This is one dimension. Another is Dem/Rep. But another, that doesn't get enough attention, is the generational one: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-a... > Most American evangelicals support Israel Most American boomers support Israel.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  Most American voters in almost every demo see the Israeli people favourably. Per your source, a majority of 18 to 49-year olds leaning Democrat see Palestinians favourably. But even in those demos, 42 to 56% see the Israeli people favourably, too. Outside those demos, the advantage to Israelis is significant enough to drown that partisan youthful signal everywhere but in local primaries where there are large numbers of young Democrats. (Support for Israelis is dropping. But support for Palestinians is lower.) The dimension that doesn’t get attention is that most Americans don’t care about foreign policy. They may have views. But they won’t vote on them.

dmix 1y ago

According to Gallup the majority of the US public supports Israel over Palestine, just as it has for decades. It's now "at it's lowest in 25 years" but it's still 46% vs 33% for Palestine, down from around 60% pro Israel in prior years. https://thecradle.co/articles/us-popular-support-for-israel-hits-lowest-point-in-25-years-poll https://thecradle.co/articles/us-popular-support-for-israel-... About 10% of Americans identify as evangelical protestants https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-many-evangelicals-are-there https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-many-evangelicals-...

lawlessone 1y ago
That drops quite bad for Israel though if means more Americans wouldn't mind cutting off support for them. A lot more Americans support helping Ukraine.
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netsharc 1y ago
> According to Gallup the majority of the US public supports Israel over Palestine Gotta love you turning this into a concept similar to "which sports team do you support more". Following your link, the actual question is "In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?". which has a lot different nuance (nuance? Oh wait I forget where I am...)
int_19h 1y ago
46% is a plurality, not a majority.
- dmix 1y ago
  Good point!
pksebben 1y ago
Friendly reminder that all polls are biased based on a willingness to engage in polls. Response rates are stunningly low (10% is normal [0]) so whatever your polls are saying, they're saying it specifically about a statistically insignificant portion of the population that is biased towards trusting institutions and polls. 0 - https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/83/S1/280/5520778 https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/83/S1/280/5520...

arevno 1y ago

This is one dimension. Another is Dem/Rep. But another, that doesn't get enough attention, is the generational one: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-a... > Most American evangelicals support Israel Most American boomers support Israel.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
Most American voters in almost every demo see the Israeli people favourably. Per your source, a majority of 18 to 49-year olds leaning Democrat see Palestinians favourably. But even in those demos, 42 to 56% see the Israeli people favourably, too. Outside those demos, the advantage to Israelis is significant enough to drown that partisan youthful signal everywhere but in local primaries where there are large numbers of young Democrats. (Support for Israelis is dropping. But support for Palestinians is lower.) The dimension that doesn’t get attention is that most Americans don’t care about foreign policy. They may have views. But they won’t vote on them.