Not a single exit major exit poll from the midterm elections asked Jewish voters about their views of the Iran war despite pre-election polling showing they opposed the conflict, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of publicly available data found.
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review → ask → data
Voters soured on President Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Iran, which contributed to Democrats’ major victories on Election Night.
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which → sour → Night
While exit polls showed that Jewish voters voted overwhelmingly Democratic, they did not measure how they viewed the Iran war after previous pre-election polling indicated their opposition to the Middle East conflict.
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polling → show → conflict
The DCNF reviewed exit polls conducted by NBC News, CNN, SSRS, J Street and CBS News.
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DCNF → review → News
The exit pollsters didn’t respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
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pollsters → respond → comment
A J Street poll from March 30 found that 60% of American Jews opposed the Iran war and 77% did not believe Trump had a “clear plan and mission for the Iran war,” but the DCNF’s review of exit polling found no such data from Tuesday’s exit polls.
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review → find → polls
Exit polls from NBC News and CNN found that 68% of Jewish voters supported Democrats and 31% supported Republicans.
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% → find → Republicans
They made up 3% of the religious demographics.
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They → make → demographics
Seventy-eight percent of Jewish voters voted Democratic during the 2024 election, according to an NBC News exit poll.
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Fifty percent of Jewish voters said support for Israel was too strong, 37% said it was just right and 13% said it was not strong enough, according to an SSRS summary of exit polls from CNN and NBC.
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it → say → CNN
A GBAO survey sponsored by J Street found that 72% of Jewish respondents supported Democratic candidates, while 24% supported Republicans.
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% → sponsor → Republicans
It found that most Jewish voters viewed the future of democracy, the cost of living and the economy as the two most important issues.
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voters → find → issues
Six respondents named the Iran war as their top issue.
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respondents → name → issue
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Democrats → retake → States
The survey did not ask voters whether they supported or opposed the Iran war.
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they → ask → war
A J Street poll from March 30 found that 60% of American Jews opposed the Iran war.
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% → find → war
Seventy-seven percent did not believe Trump had a “clear plan and mission for the war in Iran.”
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Trump → believe → Iran
According to exit polls, 74 percent of voters said the Iran war was a crucial or major factor in their vote.
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war → accord → vote
62 percent of those voters sided with Democrats in today’s election.
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percent → side → election
We had a generational opportunity and a massive coalition in 2024, and neocons pissed it all away for yet another pointless Middle East war.
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neocons → have → war
Thirty-four percent of voters viewed the war as a “crucial” factor in their vote, while 40% said it was a major factor, according to the NBC News exit poll.
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it → view → poll
A CBS News exit poll showed most voters believed entering the war was the wrong decision, including about a quarter of Republicans.
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entering → show → Republicans
Jewish voters backed Democratic Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed after he opposed foreign aid to Israel and criticized its actions in Gaza.
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he → back → Gaza
An exit poll by The Jewish Majority found 57% of all Jewish voters voted for El-Sayed, while 78% of them voted for Democratic Michigan Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson on the same ballot.
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% → find → ballot
Democratic Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Rogers over El-Sayed after she accused a pro-El-Sayed advertisement of being antisemitic.
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she → endorse → advertisement
The Rebellion PAC’s ad opposed sending taxpayer dollars to Israel but did not criticize Jewish people more generally.
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ad → oppose → people
GOP candidates also lost support from Hispanic voters and young men who largely voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.
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who → lose → 2024
A Harvard Youth Poll found that young voters expected to be worse off financially than their parents for the first time in the poll’s history.
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voters → find → history
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