Biden’s declining support among Jewish voters due to Israel’s stance on the war between Hamas
Although U.S. President Joe Biden’s campaign team has regularly reached out to Jewish Democrats, his support among Jewish voters may be waning, CNN News suggested last week, attributing his declining popularity to the ongoing war against Hamas and the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States.
Biden’s campaign team, which regularly hosts a Zoom call called “Jewish Women for Jews” and plans to hire an interfaith leader to better engage Jewish voters, has been the subject of numerous complaints to CNN.
Jewish leaders reportedly complained privately to the website that Biden had not reached out to them directly enough and that they felt abandoned by the Democratic Party – some described their situation as “politically homeless.”
Jewish leaders accused Biden of not doing enough and expressed concern that he does not have his own party under control.
“A few people have said to me point blank, ‘How can a Jew vote for a Democrat?'” said Troy Zukowski, chairman of the Michigan Jewish Democrats in West Michigan. “I’m not so worried about Jews who might vote for Trump. I’m more worried about those who might vote for third-party troublemakers or not vote at all.”
Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, pointed to several areas of concern, namely the rise and acceptance of anti-Semitism and the conflation of anti-Semitism and Israeli government actions. However, Shapiro was not concerned that Jews would abandon Biden.
Biden and Trump’s stance on anti-Semitism
“They look at it less through a political prism and more from the standpoint of survival and the ability to live in freedom and dignity in their communities,” he said.
Shapiro pointed to anti-Semitic undertones in statements made by former U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming that his suggestion that Jews may have dual loyalties was “in and of itself… anti-Semitic.”
“If you go back in world history and look at the leadership of every dictator, from Pharaoh to Hitler to Kim Jong-un, when in our history has a minority ruling a country succeeded? Donald Trump will erode the rights of minority groups, including American Jews, if he becomes president again. That is what history teaches us.”
“Right now, the Democratic Party is in a moment where it must choose to successfully lead these forces rather than be led by them,” said Lee Zeldin, a Jewish former Republican congressman. “Any attempt to pander to (Palestinian-American congresswoman) Rashida Tlaib and the ‘Abandon Biden’ voters in Michigan risks alienating Jewish voters in the Detroit suburbs.”
Biden has condemned anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, but many say condemnations are not enough.
“If you want nice tweets, vote for Biden. If you don’t want dead Israelis, vote for Trump,” Morgan Ortagus, a spokeswoman for Trump’s State Department, said in a staged debate in Washington in June.
Trump’s support among Jewish voters reached a decades-long record of 30% for the Republican Party in 2020, a Related Press Survey found.
How popular Trump currently is among Jewish Americans is unknown, but CNN pointed out that his silence on the Gaza hostages and anti-Semitic incidents are indications that Trump’s popularity among Jewish Americans may not be as high as it once was.
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