President Donald Trump is leading Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris among Jewish likely voters in deep blue New York, new polling has revealed.
This flip marks a shift for the GOP in that demographic in the Democrat stronghold, Fox News reported.
The Siena College Research Institute poll, taken July 28 through Aug. 1, shows that Trump leads Harris 50% to 49% among Jewish voters.
This marks a change from June when Trump trailed President Joe Biden 46% to 52% in the same demographic.
Sentiments have shifted with Biden out of the race and Harris his presumptive replacement.
The perception is that she’s not as pro-Israel as Biden.
The polling clearly reflects Harris’s anti-Israel sentiment.
#New @SienaResearch General Election Poll – New York – Jewish voters
🔴 Trump 50% (+1)
🔵 Harris 49%Siena #A+ – 100 LV – 8/1
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 6, 2024
Harris is still outpolling Trump by 53% to 39% overall among all New York voters, however.
She’s even improved the margin from Biden’s lead, which was only at 10 points at its highest.
However, Harris has a problem among Jewish voters because she is increasingly siding against Israel in the conflict with Hamas.
This is a break from the way Biden and the Democratic Party have handled the war in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The vice president demonstrated this in her lack of warmth toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his position.
“I believe that we have got to continue to enforce what we know to be and should be the priorities in terms of what is happening in Gaza,” Harris said when asked if Netanyahu was an “obstacle to peace” by the press.
“We’ve been very clear that far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed.
“We have been very clear that Israel and the Israeli people and Palestinians are entitled to an equal amount of security and dignity.”
Harris called for an “immediate ceasefire” in March and was the first in the Biden administration to do so.
She also threatened Israel that there would be “consequences” if it invaded the city of Rafah.
Trump hammered Harris for her stance on Israel when Netanyahu visited the U.S. last month, according to the New York Post.
The 45th president hosted the Israeli leader at this Mar-a-Lago residence while Harris met with Netanyahu at the White House.
The contrast in how each treated the leader is likely to help garner more votes for the GOP contender.
“I think her remarks were disrespectful, they weren’t very nice pertaining to Israel,” Trump said on July 26.
“I actually don’t know how a person who is Jewish could vote for her,” Trump added.
This followed remarks made by Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, that Israel was killing “far too many” people in its counterstrikes on Hamas.
“She’s a radical-left person — San Francisco, destroyed San Francisco,” Trump said of Harris’s career as a California prosecutor and U.S. senator.
“She’s really a destroyer.
“She doesn’t know how to build.”
Many believe that New York will remain solidly Democrat no matter what happens.
However, polls showing a shift could point to a larger trend to come as Trump and Harris diverge on what to do about the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
