{"id":2220,"date":"2023-12-19T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2023-12-20T02:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T02:49:54","slug":"republican-and-democrat-views-on-israel-hamas-conflict-wsj-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/republican-and-democrat-views-on-israel-hamas-conflict-wsj-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican and Democrat views on Israel-Hamas conflict, WSJ poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli soldiers take positions near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack into Israel.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

As the Israel-Hamas war approaches 21<\/sup>\u20442<\/sub> months since Hamas first launched attacks on Oct. 7, Americans\u2019 opinions on the conflict have become more partisan and age-relative.<\/p>\n

Recent polls by The Wall Street Journal<\/a> and Pew Research<\/a> show Democrats are much more likely to be critical of the Israeli government amid the conflict with Hamas than Republicans, who are most likely to say Israel is taking the right approach. <\/p>\n

Republicans tend to sympathize with Israelis, while Democrats tend to sympathize with Palestinians <\/h3>\n

On the whole, The Wall Street Journal<\/a> report that 42% of Americans sympathize more with Israelis than Palestinians, but these numbers vary significantly between parties. Only 2% of Republicans sympathize more with Palestinians in the conflict, while 69% of Republicans sympathize more with Israelis.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Pew Research<\/a> data shows nearly half of Democrats are likely to say they sympathize with both groups equally, but are more likely to sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis, 24% to 17%, respectively. <\/p>\n

Republicans and Democrats agree that Hamas has \u201ca lot\u201d of the responsibility in the current conflict, but disagree on the level of responsibility across different groups. <\/p>\n

Half of Democrats and a fifth of Republicans polled say the Israeli government has \u201ca lot\u201d of responsibility for Israel and Hamas currently being at war. And while 29% of Republicans responded that Palestinians have \u201ca lot of responsibility\u201d in the conflict, the number was significantly lower among Democrats, at 12%. Another 16% of Democrats and 10% of Republicans faulted Israelis for the conflict.<\/p>\n

Younger adults are most likely to say Israel is going too far against Hamas<\/h3>\n

Age influences views on the conflict as well. Pew Research<\/a> show Republican adults age 65+ are the most likely to say Israel isn\u2019t going far enough in their military operation against Hamas at 34%. This group was the least likely to respond to the question with, \u201cNot sure.\u201d <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Democrats ages 18 to 34 were the most likely to say Israel is going too far against Hamas at 56%. Nearly half of Republicans ages 18 to 34 responded that they weren\u2019t sure if Israel was going too far in their military operations. <\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a> data showed these trends without political party division. On the whole, 22% of Americans believe the U.S. is doing \u201ctoo much\u201d to support the Israeli people, and 25% think the government is doing \u201ctoo little.\u201d <\/p>\n

Divided by age, fewer young adults ages 18 to 34 sympathize with Palestinians than Israel, at 23% to 31%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Over half of the 65+ population sympathize more with Israelis than Palestinians, and just 6% of this same population say they sympathize more with Palestinians. <\/p>\n

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