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How deep is the divide among Democrats over Israel?

27 Jun 2024

Nine months after the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, the war drags on and with it the divide within the Democratic Party over the war. Some see this divide as having serious consequences for the 2024 elections, possibly affecting the outcome in Michigan (a swing state with a large Arab-American community) and affecting the votes of young people, who protested on campus against U.S. support for Israel and whose feelings toward Israel are not as warm as those of other, older generations. The extent to which splits within the Democratic Party over Israel will influence the upcoming congressional and presidential elections is unknown, but with over half of the 2024 primaries out of the way, the results indicate that far-left positions on the war are both rare among candidates and unpopular with Democratic voters.
geopolitics political parties congress political polarization presidency campaigns & elections u.s. foreign policy u.s. states and territories governance studies center for effective public management democracy, conflict, & governance u.s. government & politics foreign politics & elections crisis & conflict management election ’24: issues at stake

Authors

Elaine Kamarck, Anna Heetderks, Emily Rusting

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United States of America

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