Posted on 03/17/2013 7:36:51 AM PDT by dervish
Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s to visit Israel, a Gallup poll released on the weekend has found that Americans' sympathies lean heavily toward the Israelis over Palestinian Authority Arabs, 64% vs. 12%.
In fact, the poll found, the 64% ties the highest Gallup has recorded in a quarter century, last seen in 1991 during the Gulf War. At that time, 7%, sympathized more with PA Arabs.
One of the more notable aspects of the trend is the steady increase in relative support for Israel over the past decade, at the same time that the percentage with no opinion or favoring neither side has declined.
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Consistent with prior years, Republicans are substantially more likely than Democrats to favor the Israelis, 78% vs. 55%, the poll found.
Support for Israel has increased among all Republicans, Democrats and independents since 2001, but particularly among Republicans and independents. The percentage sympathizing more with the Israelis has increased by 18 percentage points among Republicans (from 60% to 78%) and by 21 points among independents (from 42% to 63%).
By comparison, Democrats' support has increased four points (from 51% to 55%), according to the poll.
Republicans' sympathy with Israel spiked to 77% in February 2003, likely associated with the run-up to the Iraq war, when Israel supported U.S. aspirations to remove Saddam Hussein from power. It sank sharply in a subsequent poll in May, but then returned to the high 60s in 2004.
Older Americans are more likely to support Israel, the poll found, with sympathy rising from 55% among 18- to 34-year-olds to 65% among 35- to 54-year-olds, and to 71% among those 55 and older.
However, diminished support among younger adults reflects higher proportions with no opinion or saying they favor neither side. Twelve percent of each age group favors PA Arabs.
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Stupid—no ignorant, low information voters= young people.
Low-info voters are not people. They’re cattle. Malign cattle, at that.
I know that’s what Rush says, but I am more concerned with the indoctrination of young people by our schools.
It is easier to fill an information void than to correct disinformation.
So right you are..by the time they leave school, they have already been “indoctrinated”. Not much different than N Korea or china or stalinist russia.
It is too bad our politicians don’t have any sympathy for Israel.
Doesn’t matter.YHVH supports Israel. G-d beats rock-throwing brats and RPGs every time. Don’t believe me? Just wait and see.
...Israelis over ['West Bank'] Arabs, 64% vs. 12%... the highest Gallup has recorded in a quarter century, last seen in 1991 during the Gulf War. At that time, 7%, sympathized more with PA Arabs.22 years ago, i.e., under the Obama administration, the century is only 88 years long.
I'd strongly suspect that support for Israel is significantly lower among blacks - and to a lesser extent, Hispanics - than it is among whites. And I wouldn't be surprised if Gallup is keeping this under wraps deliberately.
I don’t even want to know what the religious breakdown of the polling sample is. Call me an ostrich, but my conjectures of the American Jewish Community’s sentiments are scary enough as is.
Don't worry about the 'young people' - they'll grow up...
You’re probably right.
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