Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu [View all]

David Weigel
Jul 29, 2025, 6:03am EDT
politics

New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza and that the United States should stop arming the Jewish state, according to new polling from a pro-Palestinian group and shared first with Semafor.

Asked if the city should “enforce the arrest warrant” against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani supports, 63% of primary voters said yes.

“The dam has broken,” said Margaret DeReus, the executive director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, which paid for Data for Progress to conduct the poll this month. “Zohran Mamdani’s ability to energize new voters with his bold platform for Palestinian rights should be a wake-up call.”

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Data for Progress, whose polling captured Mamdani’s surge ahead of the June primary, surveyed 531 Democratic voters and asked for their views of major party figures. Mamdani was not the most popular New York Democrat in their data; 68% of primary voters viewed him favorably, compared to 75% who had a favorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/28/2025/poll-new-york-dems-side-with-mamdani-on-israel-netanyahu


Born on the Left, Data for Progress Comes of Age in Biden’s Washington
June/2021
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President Biden mentions it in private calls. The White House reads its work. And Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, teams up with its leaders for news conferences, blog posts and legislation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/us/politics/data-for-progress-democrats.html

Times up.