Commissioned by the Arab American Institute (AAI), the online poll of 2,505 American voters conducted between July 31 and August 1 found that 44% of U.S. voters would back Harris, 40% would support Republican nominee Donald Trump, and 11% would vote third party “if the election for president of the United States were held today.”

But if Harris were to endorse a suspension of U.S. arms shipments and diplomatic support for Israel “until there was a cease-fire and withdrawal of forces from Gaza,” her national support would grow from 44% to 49%.

A majority of Democratic voters say the Gaza crisis is either very or somewhat important in determining how they vote in November, according to the AAI poll.

The new survey, which has a margin of error of 2 percentage points, is consistent with an earlier poll commissioned by the Institute for Middle Eastern Understanding Policy Project, which found that Harris would bolster her chances in key battleground states if she backed an arms embargo.

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    4 months ago

    Y’all in this comments section really underestimating polls vs voter turnout.

    Did everyone already forget 2016?

    Michigan turned red over a sketchy candidate. No way in hell it’s gonna be blue if a literal genocide supporter is the candidate.

    And for all the “but muh ceasfire” comments, I’ll be happy to shove the 2 minute pro palestinian speech into your ears since Harris banned it from being presented at the DNC rally after pretending to care about American Palestinians.

    Pandering for votes with no change from Biden’s stance because all hail that sweet sweet AIPAC money and Israeli war machine.

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      4 months ago

      No way in hell it’s gonna be blue if a literal genocide supporter is the candidate

      Remind me again what the other candidate’s position is.