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Thursday, December 21, 2023
In major swing from 2020, poll finds Israelis prefer Biden over Trump
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
A poll conducted yesterday finds that 40 percent of Israelis would vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming US presidential election, compared to just 26.2% who would back Donald Trump.
The poll indicates a massive swing in Israelis’ support for the current president, who has made a series of gestures offering support for Israel since October 7, while his predecessor has spent time at rallies mocking the intelligence failure that led to Hamas’s terror onslaught and criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump once enjoyed overwhelming support from Israelis, with a 2020 poll showing that 63% of Israelis preferred him as president, compared to 17% who said they’d back Biden.
The latest poll conducted by Midgam and published on the podcast of journalist Nadav Perry also asked Israelis for their thoughts on the performance of Netanyahu, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Opposition chairman Yair Lapid.
Fifty-seven percent of the public thinks Netanyahu is most concerned with political matters, compared to 27% of the public who believe he is most concerned with matters of the war, the poll finds.
Twenty percent of the public believes Gantz is most concerned with political matters, compared to 73.6% who say he is most concerned with matters pertaining to the war.
Eight percent of the public believes Gallant is most concerned with political matters, compared to 84.7% who say he is most concerned with matters related to the war.
Lapid had the worst numbers of the four individuals polled, with 64% of the public saying he is most concerned with political matters, compared to 17.9% who believe he is most concerned with matters pertaining to the war.
Asked who they’d vote for in the upcoming presidential election, 40.6% of respondents said Joe Biden and just 26.2% of respondents said Donald Trump.
The Midgam poll was conducted online, included 503 respondents and had a margin of error of 4.4%.
נתונים מאוד מעניינים בסקר הפודקאסט שנעשה ע״י מכון מדגם.
1. שיוויון בין שביעות רצון להיעדר שביעות רצון מקצב התקדמות המלחמה
2. הציבור חושב שגלנט וגנץ מתרכזים במלחמה בעוד לפיד ונתניהו עסוקים בפוליטיקה
3. מהפך! הישראלים מעדיפים את ביידן על פני טראמפ
לפרק המלא https://t.co/2m5jIa0I1k pic.twitter.com/JQFGCQCBes— נדב פרי Nadav Perry (@NadavPerry) December 21, 2023
