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Two-thirds of Israelis support Donald Trump in 2024 election: poll
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Two-thirds of Israelis support Donald Trump in 2024 election: poll

An overwhelming number of Israelis (66%) prefer Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump to vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, according to a Channel 12 News poll the findings of which were revealed on Monday.

The poll, conducted a week before the US election, found that only 17 percent of Israelis choose Harris, while another 17 percent had no preference.

An overwhelming number of Israelis (66%) prefer Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump to vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Reuters
The poll, conducted a week before the US election, found that only 17 percent of Israelis choose Harris, while another 17 percent had no preference. Reuters

Among coalition party voters, 93% chose Trump and only 1% chose Harris.

The results are nearly the opposite of a Sept. 9 poll by the Democratic Jewish Council of America, which found that 68 percent of U.S. Jews favor Harris, while only 25 percent chose Trump.

Israel is not a top priority for American Jews, according to the JDCA poll, falling behind democracy, abortion, the economy, climate change, national security, anti-Semitism, immigration and health care in a ranking of the issues.

The Israeli Channel 12 poll also showed that if elections were held in Israel today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party would win 26 Knesset seats, while Benny Gantz’s opposition National Unity Party would win 22. .

Opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party was set to win 13 seats, as was Avigdor Lieberman’s Israel Beiteinu party.

Among coalition party voters, 93% chose Trump and only 1% chose Harris. Reuters

In terms of the ability to form a governing coalition, the opposition was projected to win 68 seats and the coalition 52.

Opposition numbers include the Hadash-Ta’al Arab party.

Unlike previous surveys, the Channel 12 The poll found that the opposition would only be able to form a government with the help of an Arab party (either the United Arab List or Hadash-Ta’al).

The survey was conducted by Midgam on October 28, among 507 adults over the age of 18.