Biden Maintains 2020 Lead Over Trump Among Jewish Americans, Despite Sharp Divide Over Israel Policy: New Poll

President Joe Biden maintained the same lead among Jewish Americans over former President Donald Trump in the latest American Jewish Committee survey as he did during the 2020 presidential election.

The AJC poll of 1,001 Jewish adults, published Monday, found that 61 percent of respondents plan to vote to reelect President Joe Biden come November, while 23 percent will vote for Trump. The 38-point spread is the exact same margin Biden carried the 2020 election over Trump among Jewish voters in 2020, 68 to 30 percent, according to AP VoteCast exit polling.

The poll’s result will undoubtedly surprise many in the pundit class as speculation has run rampant that Biden was bleeding support among U.S. Jews over his policies during the Israel-Hamas War. Many on the left have been fiercely critical of Biden for his staunch support of Israel during the war as casualties have ramped up in Gaza, while some on the right have accused him of tying Israel’s hands by advocating for operational limits on the IDF – specifically regarding a full-scale assault on Rafah.

The AJC poll bore this out as only 48 percent of respondents said they approved of Biden’s handling of the war while 43 percent said they disapproved. Forty-nine percent of respondents said they see Biden as better for the U.S.-Israel relationship, while 25 percent said Trump would be better. The poll was conducted between March 12th and April 6th and carries a 3.9 percent margin of error.

The poll also found that a whopping 87 percent of Jews believe that anti-Semitism has increased in the U.S. since October 7th, with 55 percent saying it has increased a lot. The AJC’s poll summary added:

AJC’s 2024 Survey of American Jewish Opinion found that a majority – 85% – of U.S. Jews think it’s important for the United States to support Israel in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on October 7. This statistic is critically important in light of the persistent narrative that Jews represent a significant percentage of anti-Zionist protesters.

Campus protests, physical assaults, and antisemitic rhetoric online haven’t dissuaded most American Jews from embracing their heritage. In fact, 57% of respondents said they felt more connected to Israel or their Jewish identity after the horrors of October 7. Only 4% said they felt less connected after the attack.

Read the full poll results here.

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