Mehdi’s Memo on the results of our new poll on Gaza and Iran

  • a lil bee 🐝@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s not though, unfortunately.

    The biggest thing Biden could do is focus on domestic economics. On top of that, please do realize that even specifically for those under 35, it’s 60/40 for even sympathizing with Palestine in the conflict. That’s all separate from it being the right thing to do, which I also agree with. But the math is not looking good for this being the cornerstone issue for Democrats or even the youth electorate.

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      6 months ago

      That’s not really true. Youth campaign workers have been reporting Gaza as the biggest issue in getting people to commit to voting for Biden. This chart as well makes it clear that stopping offensive aid would be popular among the people available to vote for him, (still looking and not completely opposed to voting D)

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            6 months ago

            They do a straight comparison of sympathies between Gaza and Israel further down the article. Look for the graph with the title “Sympathies in the Middle East Situation, by Party ID and Age”.

            It’s been an exhausting day for me on this thread and frankly, it’s not worth it anymore. I’ve had a person threaten suicide multiple times, a person just randomly start belittling for no reason, and a large chunk of people who just refuse to read articles. Gonna tap out of this one, so you all take what you will from the articles and I’ll just leave it there.

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              6 months ago

              I’m sorry but that’s not saying what you think it is. Democrats in that section go 43 for Palestinians and 35 for Israel with a similar youth breakdown. And that’s still not Gaza. I didn’t see a section for Gaza.