Most Americans oppose additional US military aid to Israel, and half say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
The poll asked registered US voters if they “support or oppose the United States sending more military aid to Israel for their efforts in the war with Hamas,” and 60% said they oppose, while just 32% said they supported additional military aid.
“This is the highest level of opposition and lowest level of support for the United States sending more military aid to Israel since Quinnipiac University first asked this question of registered voters on November 2, 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023,” Quinnipiac said in a press release on the poll.
There was a partisan divide on the question, with the majority of Republicans (56%) supporting sending more military aid to Israel, and just 18% of Democrats and 27% of Independents support the idea.
The poll found that 50% of respondents, including 77% of Democrats, 51% of Independents, and 20% of Republicans, believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Just 35% said they did not believe Israel was committing genocide, and 15% said they didn’t know.
The poll also found that 37% of American voters are more sympathetic to the Palestinians than the Israelis, while 36% said their sympathies lie more with the Israelis, findings that align with a University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, the first poll to find more US sympathy for Palestinians than Israelis.
The Quinnipiac poll also asked if Americans thought the US was too supportive of Israel. It found that 40% of respondents said that the US is “too supportive” of Israel, while 42% said the US support was “just right.”
