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Thu Dec 15, 2022, 01:26 AM Dec 2022

(Jewish Group)Survey shows Democrats much likelier than Republicans to see antisemitism as a problem

A national survey found that Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to agree that prejudice against Jews is a serious problem and that antisemitism poses a growing threat to Jews.

The divide between Republicans and Democrats in the Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday tracks with previous polling — but it also comes after weeks of antisemitic invective from the rapper and designer Kanye West, who now identifies as a Christian conservative and who has courted Republicans.

It also comes after former President Donald Trump, a Republican, dined with West, who is now known as Ye, and Nick Fuentes, a prominent Holocaust denier, and after multiple government and nonprofit groups have reported spikes in reported attacks on Jews.

The survey released Wednesday showed 83% of Democrats identifying prejudice against Jews as a very serious or somewhat serious problem. Just 44% of Republicans agreed with those assessments. Overall, a substantive majority, 60%, agreed that prejudice against Jews is a serious problem.

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(Jewish Group)Survey shows Democrats much likelier than Republicans to see antisemitism as a problem (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 OP
Gee, I wonder why. marybourg Dec 2022 #1
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