Poll finds nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters oppose aid to Israel
Key takeaways
- The US ally has seen support plummet in recent years amid widespread anger over its genocidal war on Gaza.
- The poll released on Wednesday also found that nearly half of Democratic voters said that their party was too supportive of Israel, while 95 percent opposed the US-Israel war on Iran.
- The poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters said they were more sympathetic to the Palestinians than to Israel, while just 15 percent said they were more sympathetic to Israel.
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The US ally has seen support plummet in recent years amid widespread anger over its genocidal war on Gaza.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Alia Amanpour Trapp, centre, reacts to car horns as she leads the crowd during a pro-Palestine rally and march on Temple University campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on August 29, 2024 [File: Chris Szagola/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff and The New York Times Published On 21 May 202621 May 2026A new poll from The New York Times/Siena has found that nearly three-quarters of voters aligned with the Democratic Party oppose US military aid to Israel, up from 45 percent three years ago, as support for Israel continues to drop among US voters.
The poll released on Wednesday also found that nearly half of Democratic voters said that their party was too supportive of Israel, while 95 percent opposed the US-Israel war on Iran.