COMMENTARY
The Jewish Vote in 2024: Trump did better. But not much better
Jay P. Lefkowitz
January 2025

…Even after Hamas’s murder of approximately 1,200 people on October 7, 2023, the Democratic Party has continued to distance itself from Israel. A study by the Brookings Institute found that notwithstanding, or perhaps because of, President Biden’s strong statements in support of Israel at the start of the war, 44 percent of Democrats running for Congress in 2024 did not even mention Israel in their campaign materials. Seven percent of Democratic candidates even declared that Israel is committing genocide and/or that the United States must stop supporting Israel in the war. READ MORE