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New Poll on Parties Having Room for People With Certain Views Shows Chilling Results for This Issue

Rebecca Downs
Rebecca Downs  |  May 08, 2025 7:30 PM

Earlier this week, a particularly fascinating new poll from YouGov America. The poll looked to whether members of the two parties felt that there was room for people who held certain beliefs, especially when it comes to certain hot button issues or views, as well as issues or views that may not necessarily fit with the party line. The results were particularly illuminating for the Democratic Party, which has turned far to the left, even as the country has seen a shift to the right, including and especially with last year's November elections.

As the poll's write-up framed it, the results looked into how big of a tent the Republican Party and Democratic Party are. 

When it comes to the hot button issues of the day, especially over the past few years, multiple questions ask about views to do with the Israel-Hamas conflict, specifically about those who "support Israel unconditionally" and "support the Palestinians unconditionally." 

There are two issues where a plurality of Democrats say they are "not sure" if there's a place in their party for people who support Israel versus "the Palestinians," at 40 and 43 percent, respectively. 

That being said, more Democrats are tellingly more supportive of excluding pro-Israel members of the party than pro-Palestinian ones. Thirty-one percent of Democrats say there's room in the party for those who "support Palestinians unconditionally," while 28 percent say there is a place. The numbers are almost exactly flipped when it comes to those who "support Israel unconditionally," with 28 percent saying there is a place, but 32 percent saying there is not a place. 

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It's also noteworthy that although a plurality of Democrats say they are "not sure" if there is such a place in their party for those who dare to "unconditionally" support our ally in the Middle East, more say that there is not a place, than say that there is.

And, consider the implications. There can be a lot of intimidating weight to the term of "unconditionally." Supporting Palestinians in that regard, though, is even more consequential, especially in light of the October 7, 2023 attack that Hamas perpetrated against Israel, which Palestinians supported. And, when Hamas terrorists paraded the coffins of the youngest and oldest victims before handing them over to the otherwise completely feckless Red Cross, Palestinian "civilians" showed up to cheer on Hamas with a parade, even bringing their children and babies with them. 

Given the polls we've seen recently on Israel following the October 7 attack, these numbers on Israel and Palestinians are illuminating, but also unfortunately not all that surprising.

Further, the Democratic Party is at best in disarray over supporting Israel. Then President Joe Biden claimed to be a pro-Israel president, a claim the mainstream media dutifully fell in line for. However, he not only tried to play both sides, but took anti-Israel actions as president. 

There's some very vocal members of the Democratic Party, like the anti-Israel Squad. While now former Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO) were targeted by pro-Israel groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and lost their seats in primaries against pro-Israel Democrats, other Squad members, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), held onto them or didn't even face a primary challenger. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), another Squad member may even seek higher office, whether that be challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in 2028, or running for president that same year. 

In the Senate, there's Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whose anti-Israel views have been on display for years, especially as he allowed Tlaib to host an anti-Israel event in his Committee room in May 2022, without even consulting then Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Such an event mourned the founding of Israel as a "nakba," or "catastrophe." As we just covered earlier on Thursday, he once more spoke out against Israel from the Senate floor, and has also put forth anti-Israel resolutions, which failed miserably. 

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the Capitol last July, both Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris were absent, despite how Harris was supposed to preside. Other top Democrats, from both chambers, boycotted the event. This also included Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), although he had expressed a bizarre amount of glee over the idea of serving an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Netanyahu. 

And, what does this poll and more say about Jewish voters who are Democrats? It's worth mentioning that President Donald Trump's campaign had a particularly noteworthy outreach towards Jewish voters for the 2024 campaign, especially in light of the October 7 attack. He even won with a particularly significant portion of Jewish voters last November. For those Jews who remain Democrats, they may have some soul-searching to do. 

The poll also asked Republican voters about whether there was room in their party on these same issues. Sixty-two percent of them say there is, in fact, a place for those who "support Israel unconditionally," making it one of the most popular issues within the party by this poll's metrics. The same amount, at 62 percent, say there is not a place for those who "support Palestinians unconditionally."

When it comes to the overall topics, the biggest dealbreakers for Democrats appear to be the 84 percent of those who say there isn't a place for those who "believe white people are biologically superior," the 80 percent who say there isn't a place for those who "think women shouldn't have the right to vote," and the 79 percent who say there isn't a place for those who "support authoritarianism."

Of the 27 issues mentioned, a majority of Democrats say there isn't a place for people who hold such views on 13 of them. 

The poll was conducted April 9-11 among 1,139 U.S. adults and has an approximate margin of error among the full sample of plus or minus 4 percentage points.