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Percentage saying US too supportive of Israel at all-time high in new poll
Key takeaways
- In the Quinnipiac University survey, 48 percent of respondents said the U.S. backs Israel too much, 7 percent said the U.S. s backing of Israel was not enough, and 38 percent said it was about right.
- This is the highest percentage of voters thinking that the U.S. is too supportive of Israel since Quinnipiac University first asked this question of registered voters in January 2017, say the authors of the survey.
- Broken down by party, 66 percent of Democrats, 20 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of independents surveyed said that the U.S. is backing Israel too much.
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In the Quinnipiac University survey, 48 percent of respondents said the U.S. backs Israel too much, 7 percent said the U.S. s backing of Israel was not enough, and 38 percent said it was about right. Six percent were unsure or gave no response.
This is the highest percentage of voters thinking that the U.S. is too supportive of Israel since Quinnipiac University first asked this question of registered voters in January 2017, say the authors of the survey.
Broken down by party, 66 percent of Democrats, 20 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of independents surveyed said that the U.S. is backing Israel too much.
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