CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Thursday revealed how Israel’s war in Gaza has led to a “historic shift” in public opinion as U.S. voters have increasingly sympathized more with Palestinians over the past two years.
Enten, in a segment following Israel and Hamas signing the first phase of a Gaza peace deal, turned to Quinnipiac and New York Times polling that shows how voters sided with Israelis more than Palestinians by a margin of +48 percentage points in October 2023 — the month of the Oct. 7 attacks.
Voters now sympathize more with Palestinians by a margin of +1 point, the “first time ever” that the group had “any sort of lead” over Israelis on the question going back to the 1980s, per Enten.
Enten stressed that Democrats have fueled the turn in public opinion, sympathizing more with Israelis by +26 points back in Oct. 2023 to — now — sympathizing more with Palestinians by +46 points.
“Truly a historic shift,” he said.
