Kamala Harris’ presidential bid has brought Democrat’s support among Jewish voters to the lowest in more than three decades.
Jewish voters in the U.S. are historically liberal and the majority have voted for Democratic candidates in every single presidential election since 1924.
And while Harris’ support amongst this voting bloc is the lowest since Michael Dukakis lost his race in 1988, it is still more than those who say they back former President Donald Trump.
A new Pew Research Center poll released this week shows 65 percent of registered voters who are Jewish say they will cast their ballots in November for Harris – and 35 percent say they prefer Trump.
The 36-year low for Democrats comes amid a raging war between Israel and the Palestinian’s de facto government run by Hamas terrorists.
October 7 will mark a year since Hamas invaded Israel and killed 1,200 – the largest single-day massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. And despite the U.S. allyship with Israel, many Americans have expressed their support for the Palestinian people caught in the crosshairs of the war in Gaza.
Harris, whose husband is Jewish, insists that she will support the U.S.’s only ally in the Middle East, but Republicans are worried that more liberal policies will embolden the terrorists to continue the conflict with Israel.
In the 2020 election, 68 percent of Jewish voters cast their ballot for President Joe Biden compared to the 30 percent who voted for Trump.
The latest Pew results show that Trump continues to hold the favorability of Protestant and Catholic voters while Harris has majority support from Jewish and non-religiously affiliated demographics.
While 61 percent of Protestants registered to vote say they want Trump to have another term, a whopping 86 percent of these voters who are black say they prefer Harris get a promotion.
The same flip comes among Catholic voters where an overall 52 percent are backing Trump, but Harris took the win when Hispanic Catholics were polled and 65 percent say they will vote for the vice president in November.
Atheists, Agnostics and no religious affiliation ‘in particular’ prefer Harris at 85 percent, 78 percent and 59 percent, respectively.
Overall, the 2024 presidential nominees remained tied at 49 percent each in the Pew poll.
The survey was conducted before Trump and Harris debated for the first time on Tuesday in Philadelphia.