Nearly four in 10 Americans say the U.S. is doing too much to support Israel.
Nearly four in 10 Americans in a new ABC News Ipsos poll say the United States is doing too much to support, views on U.S. policy are fragmented. About a third of Americans say the U.S. is doing too little to help protect Palestinian civilians caught up in the war -- yet a quarter say it's doing too much. The rest, 38%, see the U.S. effort in this regard as about right. Those results are little changed from January.On Israel, there has been a shift: Early this year, 31% said the U.S.
Still, salience is low. Just fewer than half of Americans, 48%, say the war between Israel and Hamas will be an important issue to them in the November election, including 12% who say it will be one of the single most important issues. As is not uncommon with foreign affairs, it ranks a distant last in importance out of 10 issues tested in the survey.While protests are centered on colleges, it's ideology that most sharply differentiates attitudes on U.S.
Partisanship is a factor as well. Forty-three percent of independents and 40% of Democrats say the U.S. is doing too much to support Israel; this falls to 29% of Republicans. Conversely, 47% of Democrats say the U.S. is doing too little to help protect Palestinian civilians. Thirty-six percent of independents share this view, falling off sharply to 15% of Republicans.By age, regardless of the protests on college campuses, views on U.S.
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