Republicans have a racist new idea amid the war on Gaza.

  • BabyWah@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The only thing those voters ask from Biden is to represent them too in this conflict. He doesn’t, so putting the blame on them if he loses the elections, is not fair.

    Also he made it clear he doesn’t care about their voices, so all he has to do is replace those votes with Jewish voters I guess? Muslims and Jews make up 1% each of the entire US population (census 2020), so it’ll straighten itself out.

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      US Jews aren’t that closely alligned to Israel; particularly if you are talking about the current Israeli leadership (which a significant portion of Israelis also aren’t alligned with). Further, the preferences of US Jews is pretty corralated to their political party; where Jewish Republicans are far more pro Israel than Jewish democrats.

      https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/05/21/u-s-jews-have-widely-differing-views-on-israel/

      The above survey is old, but I don’t think the story has fundamentally changed.

      Across all US Jews (as of the time the survey was conducted)

      40% rate Netenyahus leadership as good or excellent (25% of Democratic Jews, 80% of Republican Jews)

      34% Strongly oppose the BDS (anti Israel Boycott, Divest, Sanctions) movement. (28% Democratic Jews, 54% Republican Jews)

      33% Thought that Israel was making a sincere effort to peace. (20% Democratic Jews, 66% Republican Jews)

      32% Thought that God gave Israel to the Jews. (22% Democratic Jews, 60% Republican Jews).

      When people talk about the “Jewish” position for Israel in thr context of US politics, they are really talking about the Republican position.