A new national survey of Jewish voters reveals a striking disconnect between President Trump’s fight against antisemitism and how the majority of American Jews perceive those efforts. The poll, conducted by GBAO Strategies for the newly launched Jewish Voters Resource Center, paints a picture of growing disillusionment—not only with Trump, but also with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the direction of U.S. and Israeli policy.
According to the survey of Jewish registered voters, more than half (52%) say the label “antisemitic” describes President Trump very or somewhat well. An even larger share—74%—disapprove of the job he’s doing overall, and nearly 70% say he is accurately described as both “fascist” and “racist.”
These numbers come despite Trump’s high-profile actions aimed at combating campus antisemitism, including a crackdown on pro-Palestinian student activists and a sweeping cut of federal funds to several universities. Yet those moves appear not to have made a dent among many Jewish voters.
Rather than viewing Trump’s policies as protective, a large portion of respondents believe they’re fueling the problem.
49% say pulling funding from universities increased antisemitism, while only 25% believe it reduced it; 61% believe deporting pro-Palestinian protesters increased antisemitism; and 64% disapprove of Trump’s overall handling of antisemitism.
“There is a disconnect between intent and perception,” said Jim Gerstein, a founding partner at GBAO. “A lot of things being done in the name of combating antisemitism are actually seen by American Jews as making the problem worse.”
The poll notes that American Jews are deeply concerned about antisemitism—77% express worry about rising antisemitism on college campuses, and even more are concerned about it nationwide. But many simply don’t trust the current administration to address it effectively.
“There’s a pervasive sense that the tools being used—especially heavy-handed enforcement and sweeping punishments—are not only ineffective, but counterproductive,” said Gerstein.
Discontent isn’t limited to domestic politics. The survey also reveals a sharp decline in American Jewish attachment to Israel and growing disapproval of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s leadership.
Only 34% of respondents have a favorable view of Netanyahu, while 61% view him unfavorably. A full 62% believe he resumed military operations in Gaza this March for personal political gain rather than Israel’s national security. Just 28% believe those actions are likely to help release hostages—72% think it increases the risk that hostages will be killed.
Meanwhile, the share of Jewish voters who describe themselves as “very” or “somewhat” attached to Israel has dropped from 82% before the October 7 massacre, to 69% today.
The erosion of support appears linked not to a decline in Jewish identity or concern for Israel, but to dissatisfaction with the policies being pursued. A staggering 92% of respondents agreed that one can be critical of the Israeli government and still be “pro-Israel.”
The poll also found widespread rejection of Trump’s foreign policy platform: 74% disapprove of his handling of international affairs, and majorities oppose his proposal to transfer Gaza’s population to Arab countries and place the territory under U.S. control.
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Gaslighting article!
When you take a poll from so called liberal jews, who are unfortunately completely disconnected, and ask them if Donald Trump is an anti semite, what do you expect them to say?
They hated this man from day one. Gave him credit for nothing.
I am sure if you take poll from jews that are connected, the answer would be close to zero.
Not that I think his middle eastern trip will turn out amazing for Israel, but it is definitely not coming out of anti Semitism!
Nice to be in the majority.
What’s causing this anti trump rampage ywn has been on recently ?
I wouldn’t call them Jews. It’s the intermarried Lefty Schumer type Jews and Bernie Sanders. We don’t need them trust me they’re not part of us
American Jews like Doug Emhoff and Chuck Shumer think Trump is an anti semite or a fascist. I for one said the first week Trump was president that Trump is running the country like his personal business and he is the CEO. I believe Trump is from the chasidei umois Haoilam he does not want to sell Israel down the river. But he will do first what is good for the company he runs. As a frum Jew I know that לב מלכים ושרים ביד ה׳ so all we can do is to daven daven and daven and remember אל תבטחו בנדיבים
They are polling Reform intemarried goyim, not real Jews
1 – Searching on “Jewish Voters Resource Center” doesn’t return any matches.
2 – GBAO’s client list includes NYT, J-Street, end citizens united, N.E.A, repro freedom for all, planned parenthood, among others.
A Jewish Electorate Institute recently published a similar report. As background, they polled “800 registered American Jewish voters” and found similar results. Their sample population was “statistically, 60% of all respondents consider themselves liberal, 13% moderate and 27% conservative. Approximately 70% said they think of themselves as a Democrat, 23% Republican, and 7% Independent. 10% consider themselves Orthodox, 19% Conservative (movement), 38% Reform, 2% Reconstructionist, and 31% of no particular Jewish denomination.”
“Importantly, amongst Orthodox Jews, the JEI poll finds that they are the most strongly supportive American Jewish segment for President Trump, with over 71% saying they approve of the job he is doing as president and fewer than 20% saying they disapprove. They also generally support most of the president’s recent Executive Actions more than they oppose them. 65% of Orthodox voters identify as Republicans, 27% as Democrats, and 8% as Independents. 67% of Orthodox voters also say they voted for Donald Trump for President in 2024 while 21% voted for Kamala Harris.”
Ex CT lawyer.
There’s more Christians that Jews out there. Don’t get so excited about following the majority.
Especially it’s interesting to note that the fewer mitzvos you keep and the less you have to do with actual day to day Judaism, the more liberal you are. Whereas Jews who have a day to day connection with Torah and mitzvos, tend to be more on the right.
The only one who is shocked over here is you, “Y”WN. The same amount of Jews (or more) drive on Shabbat, don’t believe in Torah MiSinai and most probably, a nice amount of them aren’t even halachically Jewish. But don’t worry. What keeps you going is that in your mind you see Trump posting the following on social media: -read with Trump’s voice- “YWN should be ashamed of themselves. Low ratings. Fake news.”
I thought Jews were supposed to be smart, but the ones polled here seem about as foolish or gullible as some (most) of the comments I see on this site sometimes.
all the frum people i know love Trump, only Schumer types disklike him