{"id":2247712,"date":"2024-05-18T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democrats-deeply-divided-on-bidens-handling-of-gaza-war-campus-protests-can-trump-capitalize\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:48:36","slug":"poll-democrats-deeply-divided-on-bidens-handling-of-gaza-war-campus-protests-can-trump-capitalize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democrats-deeply-divided-on-bidens-handling-of-gaza-war-campus-protests-can-trump-capitalize\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Democrats Split on Biden&#8217;s Gaza War and Campus Protests Response &#8211; Opportunity for Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-democrats-deeply-divided-on-bidens-handling-of-gaza-war-campus-protests-can-trump-capitalize%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary by Rachel M. Emmanuel \u2064reflects on President Biden&#8217;s stance in the Israel-Gaza conflict, highlighting \u200ccriticism from various\u2064 Democratic factions. \u2062A Reuters\/Ipsos poll\u200b reveals significant disapproval among Democratic voters towards\u200d Biden&#8217;s handling of the situation. This division presents an opportunity for Trump\u200b to\u200d appeal to dissatisfied factions and potentially impact the \u2062upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 18, 2024 at 2:36pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Around 3,000 years ago, the Jewish King Solomon pointed out that splitting the baby doesn\u2019t benefit anyone.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has recently been learning the same hard lesson due to his inability to firmly take a side in the Israel-Gaza war.<\/p>\n<p>By trying to avoid alienating either pro-Israel or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-commencement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Palestinian<\/a> factions within his coalition, Biden has earned criticism from both camps.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revised-gdp-data-still-shows-u-s-economy-in-technical-recession\/\" title=\"Revised GDP Data Still Shows U.S. Economy in Technical Recession\">received scathing criticism<\/a> from some far-left\u00a0members of his party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitch-slammed-for-tweeting-womxns-history-month\/\" title=\"Twitch Slammed For Tweeting \u2018Womxn\u2019s History Month\u2019\">including members<\/a> of the very vocal \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vulnerable-squad-democrat-says-anti-israel-chant-river-sea-isnt-hate-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">squad<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jewish Democrat lawmakers like Reps. Jamie Raskin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-worried-marylands-senate-seat-flip-red-real-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a>, Becca Balint of Vermont and Sara Jacobs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-shelves-plan-pay-reparations-slave-descendants-alternative-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> have faced intense backlash from all sides \u2014 progressives who believe they haven\u2019t gone far enough in calling for an Israeli ceasefire, and pro-Israel centrists who accuse them of not being supportive enough of the Jewish state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/29\/politics\/progressive-jewish-democrats-israel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udea8BREAKING NEWS: There is currently a terrifying insurrection outside the DNC headquarters in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Far-left pro-Palestine rioter are fighting with police as they attempt to breach the headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>This is truly horrifying, I fear for the safety of those Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASPDaqxLdV\">pic.twitter.com\/ASPDaqxLdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dom_lucre\/status\/1724967665498730766?\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  A new Reuters\/Ipsos poll taken between May 7 and May 14 revealed that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-skipping-republican-debate-didnt-affect-his-support-according-to-poll-2\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump's Debate Absence Had No Impact on Support\">significant 44 percent<\/a> of Democratic registered voters disapprove of Biden\u2019s response to the war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/democratic-divide-gaza-war-campus-protests-hurting-biden-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-05-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-americans-give-biden-dismal-ratings-on-his-handling-of-crime-surge\/\" title=\"Poll: Americans Give Biden Dismal Ratings On His Handling Of Crime Surge\">poll surveyed 3<\/a>,934 U.S. adults nationwide, including 3,208 registered voters. (It reported a margin of error of 2 percentage points for all registered voters, 3 points for registered Republicans and Democrats and 4 points for independents.)<\/p>\n<p>The numbers point to potential defections that could be costly for Biden. Among Democrats who disapprove of his Gaza policy, only 77 percent say they would still vote for him against Trump in November, compared to 93 percent of those who back his approach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Joe Biden a pro-Israeli president?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump has been actively courting dissatisfied Democratic factions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/medical-examiner-finds-telling-wound-dead-jewish-man-anti-israel-california-professor-charged-manslaughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish<\/a> and young voters who take issue with Biden\u2019s performance. He is making a particular play for Jewish supporters by contrasting his unchanged backing of Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, with what he portrays as Biden\u2019s weak and wavering stance, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also showed that 33 percent of Democrats agree that pro-Palestinian protests over Gaza reflect antisemitic views \u2014 a demographic Trump is clearly aiming to capitalize on.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 38 percent of Democrats back the protests, revealing the divisions plaguing Biden over the conflict.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\uded1 Biden tanks approval with Democrats over Israel support<\/p>\n<p>The latest Reuters\/Ipsos poll reveals deep divisions among Democrats regarding President Biden\u2019s handling of the Gaza conflict and related campus protests.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 44% of Democratic voters disapprove of Biden\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZbnLg7y34\">pic.twitter.com\/qZbnLg7y34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geo-Political Update (@Hyacinthedml) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hyacinthedml\/status\/1791150779937534415?\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  After reviewing the results of the poll, Douglas Schoen, a pollster and strategist, called the issue of the Israel-Hamas war a \u201cstone-cold loser for Biden,\u201d adding, \u201cHe\u2019s losing votes from the left, right, and center.<\/p>\n<p>Schoen pointed to\u00a0key\u00a0battleground states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uncommitted-voters-look-hit-biden-harder-michigan-ahead-super-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a>, where there is a large pro-Palestinian Arab American population, as a state that Biden could potentially lose in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, last month, a liberal Jewish rabbi from New York, which has a large Jewish population, sent a warning to Democrats about the rising anti-Semitism he said he was seeing within the party and warning Biden that he should not be confident of the Jewish vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/left-wing-rabbi-warns-biden-democrats-not-count-jewish-votes-pulpit-be-careful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not take American Jews for granted,\u201d Rabbi Ammi Hirsch warned while speaking at The Free Synagogue on the west side of New York City. \u201cI have spoken with so many American Jews in the past few months who have surprised me with their anxiety about developments in the Democratic Party and their perception that it is becoming increasingly hostile to Israel and increasingly tolerant of anti-Zionism and antisemitism in its own ranks. Be careful. The results of the upcoming election do not only depend on Michigan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rabbi Ammi Hirsch of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue to Dem Party leaders:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not take American Jews for granted\u2026 Be careful: The results of the upcoming elections do not only depend on Michigan.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CtNoVPoTp0\">https:\/\/t.co\/CtNoVPoTp0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/71kzrIrj8r\">pic.twitter.com\/71kzrIrj8r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/1779858829489971484?\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  While Kenneth Wald, who studies the Jewish American vote at the University of Florida, told Reuters he was doubtful that the Jewish vote would swing in Trump\u2019s direction, Sam Markstein, political director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said that Jewish support for the Republican party has been rising since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>That lack of a clear Democratic consensus on the Israel-Hamas conflict gives Trump an opening to cast himself as the trusted friend to Israel that Biden is not.<\/p>\n<p>For Trump, Biden\u2019s struggles straddling the divide between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Democrats create promising opportunities to shave off chunks of his 2020 coalition in\u00a0key\u00a0battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s decision to split the baby has resulted in anger on both sides, and the Trump team is well aware of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">popular conservative book franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Rachel M. Emmanuel on May 18, 2024, at 2:36 pm, a reference was made to King Solomon&#8217;s wisdom from 3,000 years ago. 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