CNN data guru Harry Enten broke down the latest polling in the Democratic Party on views toward Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday and marveled at the massive shift in attitudes, declaring he’s “rarely” seen anything like it in his many years of looking at polling data.
Enten spoke to anchor Kate Bolduan in the context of Zohran Mamdani’s sweeping victory over ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary last week.
“What are we talking about here? All right, who do Democrats sympathize more with: Israelis or Palestinians? In 2017, the Democratic Party was a pro-Israeli party. Look at this. They sympathized with the Israelis by 13 points—more with the Israelis than the Palestinians. But look at this sea change. Now, Democrats sympathize more with the Palestinians by 43 points.Oh my God! That is a change in the margin of 56 points over the course of just eight years. So all of a sudden, it’s the pro-Palestinian position that actually reigns supreme in Democratic politics, not the Israeli position. And that is part of the reason why Mamdani was able to do so well in this primary, because those attacks over Israel, simply put, did not ring true for Democrats”
Genocide will do that
“Andrew Cuomo, during the primary, attacked Mamdani as being insufficiently pro-Israel.
The most expensive primaries in US history were in 2024 where zionist supremacists/AIPAC funded DNC opponents to those insufficiently submissive to zionist first rule over America. The only successful attack campaigns were those that never mentioned Israel supremacy as an issue. Only other issues.
The Green party can win with 0 money by saying all Israel first loyalty oaths by politicians invalidate their citizenship and right to office. The DNC simply doesn’t want to win. Like Chuck Schumer admission, the DNC exists to gaslight the left into being pro Israel. Fundraising is always nice, but winning is not the most pro Israel result.
Everyone in NYC has an opinion about the Middle East, but Mamdani got elected because he said he will only work for the 5 boros. His focus is correctly on NYC, and that’s what he campaigned on. At the end of the day that conflict is half a world away; and we’ve got shit here we have for fix.
Don’t have to fix it, just not actively support it
Genocide isnt necessarily a bad thing, depending on who is being genocided. Take Nazis and white supremacists, for example…
Races and cultures get genocided. You don’t genocide ideas. You are talking about the extermination of people who don’t think like you. This is not part of the paradox of intolerance. Re-education is the only solution barring becoming the monster you are trying to destroy.
Didnt seem to work for fascism or the confederacy; why do you think it will work now?
I doubt Israel and Palestine had that much of an effect on the New York city mayoral race. Just because this guy is Muslim they are making all these crazy assumptions. Frankly it seems a little racist at this point and super embarrassing to watch
Agreed. I think Mamdani won the primary on more of a “he is not a sex pest” vibe than his views on international politics.
At least that’s the impression I got based on my wife’s conversations with her friends.
I voted for him too, but more because he seems like he actually wants to try to make people’s lives better. I don’t think he will be able to accomplish most of what he is promising, but I do think he is going to at least /try/ to improve things.
Asking someone running for mayor about international politics seems like a real “sir, this is a Wendy’s” moment.
Yes, committing active and rapid genocide out in the open will do that
Younger democrats…18-49…the fuck. Doing some heavy lifting with that younger phrase calling 40-50 younger 😂
1/2 of the people in politics in the USA remember eating woolly mammoth burgers, so there’s that.
Just goes to show how up to date they are.
I was kind of on Iseral’s side in the beginning. 1200 dead for no reason?
Then I found out Iseral started murdering peaceful prostestors before Hamas came over. Fuck Iseral and their bullshit.
It was a false flag, obvious from the first tape of the assault at the party
Israelis have been downpressing the Palestinians for as long as there have been Israelis and Palestinians
Israel has a long and fucked up history. They’re like a little ADHD fucker in the playground with the huge older brother and a father as the head school administrator. No one dare punch the little fucker in the face.
Whenever someone claims they are “gods people”, you’re going to have a bad time.
Even Hamas tried peaceful protests in 2017 and Israel murdered them.
Are you talking about the Great March of Return? They repeatedly tried to breach the border fence under cover of the protests. Of course Israel can’t allow that.
I’m with you on this one. What could they do but hvae their snipers target the elderly, children, and disabled? And they were being humane too! They were aiming specifically for the knees so rhat they wouldn’t be killed, but just completely disabled for the rest of their lives. Honestly confused as to why Israeli leadership wasn’t nominated for a Nobel peace price for that one.
Most of those killed and injured were fighters and members of militant organizations who were attacking the fence or supporting attacks on the fence by burning tires for thick smoke.
Some innocents were hurt, yes. The IDF is far from perfect.
electronicintifada
The name marks this website already as a propaganda rag.
doctors
Doctors only know they receive shot children as patients. They don’t know under what circumstances they got shot and who shot them.
That’s verifiably nonsense. I don’t know how you feel about holocaust deniers, but that’s what you are to me right now. And to many others. There’s no room in society for you, as far as I’m concerned.
Verifiable? You can look at Al Qassam’s own website to see their martyrs listed that died at the March of Return. Here’s an easy to understand video which goes into the sources for you.
I’ve looked at these, and here’s a blog post carefully going over the points made, meticulously refuting them one by one.
No about the handicapped people in wheelchairs and medics which the IDF sniped.
Their reports have obvious holes, once you try and look into it.
What’s that bullshit about Mamdani facing criticism about not being outspoken enough against antisemitism?
They’ll go on and on about antisemitism (which often is just criticism of a nation-state, so not actually antisemitism), but then it’s deafening silence when it comes to racism against black people. Systemic discrimination against people of color is still alive and well in the U.S. But when have you heard this administration talk about it.
Same spin on all people calling for an end of war since Netanyahu decided that being against the genocide was antisemitic.
Same shit when any individual with an even remote arabian origin needs time and again to formally condemn islamist terrorist attacks, otherwise they’re instantly labeled terrorist supporters or some shit.
So be prepared to read a lot about “ambiguous position” on antisemitism because no matter what he says or does, they need to slap that label on him.
I wonder how these people would feel when they find out “islamist terrotists” attack muslims more than any other group also.
Me 3 years ago, somewhat ignorant: “I’m okay with sending bombs to Israel.”
Me, today: “I’m okay with ‘sending’ bombs to Israel.”
The important difference between “send them quickly” and “send them fast”
It’s probably the escalation of the genocide. If Israel were to stop committing genocide and move to reconcile and take actions to prevent it in thr future I’m pretty sure most of us would be open to reevaluating our position. Plenty of us like the modern Germany after all.
Plenty of us like the modern Germany after all.
I’ve got bad news for you about modern Germany
A non-genocidal apartheid state is still an apartheid state.
People still think the Democratic Party is a democratic institution lol
What I think is most unbelievable is that the Israelis actually think people are buying their BS excuses. They really need to take lessons from Trump who apparently can make millions believe the most ridiculous lies.
Israelis don’t really care as long as people keep voting for the two parties which are in their pocket.
Honestly, I’m not even sure it’s just the funding. Israel has the Mossad, famously one of the most effective and ruthless intelligence agencies on the planet. Is it really hard to imagine they simply have damning blackmail material on many of the political leaders of both parties? The carrot is the AIPAC money. The stick is the Mossad and its tools. Hell, for a particularly troublesome lawmaker, would they even be above resorting to assassination? Look at how many innocent people they’re willing to kill to get one Hamas or Iranian military leader. If they thought killing a US House member of Senator was necessary to keep US support, do you really think they would be above that? I certainly don’t. And I don’t think they would be above subtly pointing that out to US lawmakers.
The Israelis are masters at assassinating foreign leaders. They mostly apply that to their enemies, but if they’re convinced a US lawmaker is their enemy, there’s no reason to suspect they would be above killing US leaders as well. I honestly believe that many US leaders support Israel in part out of a genuine fear for their physical safety. The killing of a US leader would likely be done quietly, rather than a bomb dropped on someone’s house. But I have zero doubt that Israel makes credible death threats against US leaders.
It’s a combination. They fund people who work with them and get them trips to Epstein Island. They destroy people who oppose them.
I hate that you’re correct
Isn’t that what Netanyahu has being doing all along?
So all of a sudden
Maybe something happened that caused the shift? Hmm, what could it be?
Now that trump is implementing centrists’ only policy for them, they have to pretend to dislike it.
3 months back .world would have banned you for even suggesting genocide is bad.
I’ve been banned from three communities for precisely that. One of them even tried to get the admins to ban me sitewide for it.
The fuck are you on about, mate?
This community and others on .world downvoted and banned people because they didn’t support the Gaza genocide and didn’t like that both major parties supported it.
If you don’t believe me, you’re ignorant of this place.
This is a misrepresentation of what happened. We downvoted you for making bad election choices.
I voted for harris, and absolutely no centrist has ever cared. They don’t want to hear that their beloved genocide is wrong. There is nothing more to it and there never has been.
Seems oversimplified, but also, why are you talking to “centrists”?
I was here. You’re making shit up for the purpose of… shitting on a Lemmy instance? Get a life, dude.
Oh yes I’m making it up, just don’t check modlogs or the communities about reporting moderation on it. That’s too much to ask for.
Don’t say it or you’re an anti-semite. Shocking that opposing the murdering and starving of people is antisemitic.
Was right on the tip of my tongue, but can’t quite come up with it. Something about a gen or side? Something like that I think.
genside? generation? genetics? idk
People finally realized the entrenched “democrats” aren’t good people. They are poloticians just like the Republicans. We need a new party.
They are not “just like Republicans”. Yes, they’re corrupt, and it’s important to realize that. But like, holy shit man one party is literal fascists, and the other isn’t. That said, need labor party
Poloticians = corrupt eventually.
Yes, they’re corrupt, and it’s important to realize that.
They’re also, you know, actively genocidal.
Do you like one genocide or 2 genocide? Because with Republicans you get 2. And israel genocide is not changing no matter who America elects
Non-sequitor
Completely sequitoral. It’s actively relevant to the statement that they’re genocidal
Nope, it’s just whataboutism
It is not. There is a binary choice, and comparing the 2 is not what aboutism when it’s a choice between them
