Poll Shows Zohran Mamdani's support for Palestinians supercharged his campaign to victory
New York City primary voters were strongly pro-Palestinian and highly critical of Israel.
-78% say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
-79% support restricting weapons to Israel
-63% support arresting Netanyahu if he visits New York City
As national polls have shown support for Israel cratering in the Democratic Party nationally — a June 2025 Quinnipiac poll found 60% of Democrats say they sympathize more with Palestinians, compared to 12% for Israel - the same trend has proven to be true among New York City Democratic primary voters. These voters strongly sympathize with Palestinians over Israel (66% vs 16%) and want to see US support for Israel reduced. Just 5% of voters said 'increasing or maintaining US support for Israel' was a factor in their vote. In contrast, 21% of all voters named 'reducing US support for Israel' as a factor.
As the Democratic Party looks for its future leaders in 2028 and beyond, these voters overwhelmingly prefer politicians who have taken a stand for restricting weapons to Israel, like Sen. Bernie Sanders (+62-point net favorability) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (+60). New York Members of Congress who have supported providing taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel rank considerably lower, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (+27), Sen. Chuck Schumer (+7), and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (+3). AIPAC (-35) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (-64) are deeply unpopular with these voters.
Mamdani voters were also asked what issues affected their decision to vote for him, and the top responses they cite are 'his plans to lower costs' (89%) and 'his plans to tax the wealthy and stand up to corporations' (86%). Notably, the third-most motivating reason for Mamdani voters is 'his support for Palestinian rights' (62%).
The poll also included an oversample of New York's 10th Congressional district, represented by Rep. Dan Goldman, a Member of Congress funded by AIPAC who has repeatedly voted with Republicans to advance anti-Palestinian legislation. Goldman is deeply unpopular with his voters. 21% of his constituents say they expect to vote for him again, while 44% say they plan to vote for another Democrat in the June 2026 primary.
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