Biden voters passed on Kamala Harris because of Gaza, new poll shows

Nearly a third of US voters who cast their ballots for former President Joe Biden in 2020 decided against voting for Kamala Harris because Biden supported Israel's war on Gaza, a new poll has shown.

The poll conducted by the Institute of Middle East Understanding and YouGov attempts to provide a possible answer to the question of why Harris received six million fewer votes than Biden received in 2020.

The survey, which was released last week, found that 29 percent of Americans who voted for Biden in 2020 and didn't vote for Harris in 2024 cited "ending Israel’s violence in Gaza" as their reason for withholding their vote.

"Vice President Harris lost votes because of the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza," IMEU said in a statement announcing the poll.

That reason surpassed the economy, immigration, healthcare, and abortion, all of which have historically been major voter issues in past presidential elections. Foreign policy is often a low factor in voter turnout.

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