OCTOBER HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: STRONG MAJORITIES OF AMERICANS SUPPORT ISRAEL AGAINST HAMAS AND U.S. POLICY ON ISRAEL
- 84% of voters support Israel over Hamas
- 88% believe Israel has a right to respond militarily against Hamas
- 58% approve of the job President Biden is doing on Israel
- 80% or more of Americans support Israel against Hamas' attacks
- Donald Trump leads the GOP primary race with 60% support
- Trump leads Biden in a head-to-head contest, 46% to 41%
- Trump leads in a three-way race against Biden and RFK Jr., 39% to 33% to 19%
- Republicans in Congress have hurt themselves significantly in the breakdown over the Speaker of the House
- Significant numbers of young voters deny atrocities committed by Hamas
- 46% of voters say that Israel, not Hamas, rules Gaza
- 33% of voters think the explosion at a Gaza hospital was caused by an Israeli airstrike
BIDEN APPROVAL RISES ON
"Americans strongly support
AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT
84% of voters side more withIsrael than with Hamas (ages 18-24:52% ; ages 65+:95% ).88% of voters thinkIsrael has the responsibility to protect its citizens by retaliating against Hamas (ages 18-24:65% ; ages 65+:97% ).84% of voters believeIsrael has the right to defend itself by launching air strikes in heavily populated Palestinian areas with warnings to those citizens (ages 18-24:62% ; ages 65+:93% ).70% of voters thinkIsrael should eliminate Hamas, not end its campaign against Hamas now (ages 18-24:48% ; ages 65+:82% ).63% of voters believe it was right forIsrael to cut off power, water and food toGaza until its hostages are returned (ages 18-24:41% ; ages 65+:70% ).61% of voters say there is no moral equivalency between Hamas' murders andIsrael's actions (ages 18-24:36% – the majority believe both sides have equally just causes; ages 65+:80% ).
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF YOUNG VOTERS HAVE THEIR OWN FACTS, DENY ATROCITIES COMMITTED
17% of voters think it is a false story that Hamas terrorists killed 1200 Israeli civilians by shooting, raping and beheading people (ages 18-24:32% ; ages 65+:10% ).46% of voters say thatIsrael , not Hamas, rulesGaza (ages 18-24:53% ; ages 65+:32% ).33% of voters think the explosion at aGaza hospital explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike rather than a terrorist rocket that went off-course (ages 18-24:45% ; ages 65+:13% ).
BIDEN GETS GOOD RATINGS ON
58% of voters approve of Biden's foreign policy onIsrael (ages 18-24:52% ; ages 65+:61% ).64% of voters say theU.S. has a responsibility to militarily supportIsrael while it is under attack by terrorist groups (ages 18-24:49% ; ages 65+:70% ).- While Biden did not mention the
U.S. hostages in his October 19 Oval Office address,71% of voters think theU.S. has the responsibility to bring to safety the over a dozen Americans abducted by Hamas (ages 18-24:42% ; ages 65+:81% ). 59% of voters say theU.S. should directly intervene ifIran attacksIsrael (ages 18-24:40% ; ages 65+:64% ).
REPUBLICAN VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF MCCARTHY OUSTER
62% of GOP voters say the Republicans who ousted McCarthy are hurting the Republican Party.57% of GOP voters say that if House Republicans cannot elect another speaker before government funding runs out in 30 days, they should find a different candidate other than McCarthy.
TRUMP LEADS THREE-WAY RACE WITH BIDEN AND RFK JR.
- Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP primary race with
60% support. - Trump continues to lead Biden in a head-to-head contest,
46% to41% . - Trump also leads in a three-way race against Biden and RFK Jr.,
39% to33% to19% , respectively.
The October Harvard CAPS / Harris poll survey was conducted online within
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