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    1 year ago

    I’m not saying they shouldn’t vote. I’m saying that’s what will happen if Biden doesn’t intervene in Gaza, or at least stop supporting Israel.

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      The people that care most about this were never going to vote in general. And with a significant majority of the population supporting Israel, there’s not really any option for candidates against it either.

      And again, given that the majority of the population supports Israel, someone like Trump and Biden are going to be equivalent on the issue.

      https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205627092/american-support-israel-biden-middle-east-hamas-poll

      2/3 of Americans in that say the US should publicly support Israel.

      https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/politics/polling-israel-hamas-biden/index.html

      Only 13% say their sympathies lie with Palestinians in the war.

      It’s really only Arab Americans that support Palestine over Israel. And more Arab Americans identify as Republican and would vote for Trump who is even more pro Israel and anti Palestinian. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arab-american-support-biden-democrats-plummets-over-israel-poll-2023-10-31/

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        The people that care most about this were never going to vote in general.

        Not necessarily. People aged 18-24 had a voter turnout of about 48% the last election.

        And with a significant majority of the population supporting Israel, there’s not really any option for candidates against it either.

        The population includes republicans who aren’t gonna vote for Biden anyway. According to the Guardian:

        Gallup has been tracking the gradual downward shift in sympathy toward Israel among Democrats that started in about 2014. In February, for the first time, Democrats’ sympathies for the Palestinians were higher than for the Israelis, 49% to 38%.