The Trump Base Remains Supportive of Israel

Publication Date: 06/05/2026 2:20 PM CST

The Trump Base Remains Supportive of Israel

Publication: 06/05/2026 2:20 PM CST

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A review of data on Israel and the Mideastern conflicts shows that President Trump's base voters are more supportive of Israel than any other segment of the population. In fact, their support may be growing while support for Israel in other segments of the population is declining.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters have a favorable opinion of Israel while 37% have an unfavorable view of that nation.
- Among voters who prefer Trump-like policies,73% have a favorable opinion.
  - In fact, the Trump base has a higher opinion of Israel than it does of traditional American allies like France, the UK, and Germany.
- Among more traditional Republicans, just 50% offer a favorable assessment of Israel while 39% say the opposite.
- Democrats are more likely to have a negative view of Israel rather than positive.
Most of the Trump base (52%) recognize that other Gulf nations support the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. Just 14% mistakenly think this is not true.
- Among all voters outside the Trump base, a plurality mistakenly believes that other Gulf nations do not support the attacks on Iran.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the Trump base believe that the Palestinians want to destroy Israel.
- Only 42% of traditional Republicans share that view.
- Democrats overwhelmingly reject that view and believe that Palestinians are only seeking to secure more rights for themselves.
By a 49% to 12% margin, the Trump base believes Palestinians are primarily to blame for the lack of peace in the Middle East. Twenty-nine percent (29%) believe both sides are equally to blame.
- A plurality (44%) of traditional Republican voters believe that both sides are equally to blame.
- Democrats are more likely to blame Israel than Palestinians.
On the day the war with Iran began, 78% of the Trump base supported the attacks. Since then, that number has grown to 84%.
- While support grew 6 points among the Trump base, it fell 8 points among traditional Republicans (from 52% to 44%).
In a longer-term assessment, 72% of the Trump base thought we should support Israel over the Palestinians in our first survey after the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
- Over the next 2 years, the desire among the Trump base to side with Israel fell to 57% (a growing number said we should not support either side).
- However, after the fighting in Iran, support among the Trump base for Israel increased 7 points to 64%.
- Among more traditional Republicans, support for Israel fell from 61% immediately after the October 7 terrorist attack to 46% 2 years later. It has fallen another 6 points to 40% today.

This summary information is drawn from a large number of surveys on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and also from surveys conducted on the war between the US, Israel, and Iran.