Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Elder of Ziyon
They don't say the percentages of Democrats that view Palestinians more favorably, but when the question was rephrased a little differently:
- 83% of Republicans, 72% of independents and 64% of Democrats view Israel favorably.
- 27% of Democrats, 21% of independents and 12% of Republicans view the Palestinian government favorably.
Notice also that the Democrat sympathy for Israel, although a but rocky, is still higher than it was in the early 2000s.
Also:
Beyond party and consistent with Gallup previous findings by age, Israel also receives higher favorable ratings from adults 55 and older (80% favorable) than from those 35 to 54 (72%) or 18 to 34 (65%). Conversely, the Palestinian Authority receives somewhat better ratings from adults 18 to 34 (31% favorable) than from those 35 to 54 (15%) or 55 and older (18%).Looking at the trends, this is higher across the board for all three age groups. Gallup's chart from their 2015 report on support for Israel by age shows this:
All of the doom and gloom articles about how young people are so anti-Israel are simply not true. Right now, support for Israel among 18-31 year olds is at nearly an all-time high, since 1991 when there was a lot of sympathy for Israel during the Gulf War. Since 1997, sympathy for Israel as opposed to Palestinians for the younger crowd has soared from 32% to 65% - more than double!
The trend of people's sympathies to Israel has been pretty consistently going up since the BDS movement started in 2004.
I'm not saying that BDS isn't a threat - but looking at the numbers, their accomplishments aren't just zero - they are far less than zero.
