An exclusive POLITICO-Morning Consult poll shows that the president’s party is deeply torn on the conflict.
The Israel-Hamas war has become not just the Biden administration’s thorniest foreign policy issue but a major political liability for the president back home as well. | Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesDemocrats are far more likely to say President Joe Biden needs to be harder on Israel than to say he’s pushed the Middle East ally too hard, according to a POLITICO-Morning Consult poll published Sunday.
Republicans and Independents were far less inclined than Democrats to say that Biden was handing Israel “just right.” The Israel-Hamas war has become not just the Biden administration’s thorniest foreign policy issue but a major political liability for the president back home as well. That is especially true when it comes to Biden’s base, which has soured deeply on Israeli leadership.
There’s also a significant generational divide: 33 percent of Gen Z voters — those born in the mid-to-late 90s — said they’re more sympathetic toward Palestinians, while eight percent of Baby Boomers said the same. On the flip side, 15 percent of Gen Zers said they’re more sympathetic toward the Israelis, compared to 40 percent of Baby Boomers.
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