The Economist/YouGov Poll on Anti-Semitism in America

The Economist/YouGov Poll on Anti-Semitism in America

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Jews have too much power in America

 

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 13% / 61%
• Whites 12% / 57%
• Blacks 19% / 37%
• Hispanics 22% / 43%

The interests of Jews in America are very different from the interests of the rest of the population

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 16% / 54%
• Whites 16% / 52%
• Blacks 31% / 27%
• Hispanics 24% / 39%

Jews get rich at the expense of others

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 13% / 59%
• Whites 13% / 55%
• Blacks 26% / 28%
• Hispanics 19% / 41%

Jews think they are better than other people

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 14% / 61%
• Whites 12% / 57%
• Blacks 23% / 36%
• Hispanics 26% / 44%

American Jews make a positive contribution to American society

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 80% / 4%
• Whites 75% / 4%
• Blacks 54% / 9%
• Hispanics 63% / 7%

An American Jew is just as American as any other American person

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 86% / 3%
• Whites 81% / 3%
• Blacks 67% / 6%
• Hispanics 69% / 8%

The Holocaust is a myth

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 5% / 87%
• Whites 5% / 84%
• Blacks 7% / 68%
• Hispanics 12% / 68%

The Holocaust has been exaggerated

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 7% / 82%
• Whites 5% / 78%
• Blacks 13% / 53%
• Hispanics 12% / 64%

Jews exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own purposes

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 13% / 64%
• Whites 12% / 59%
• Blacks 20% / 36%
• Hispanics 17% / 47%

People should boycott Israeli goods and products

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 12% / 57%
• Whites 10% / 53%
• Blacks 18% / 32%
• Hispanics 15% / 44%

Israel is the cause of all the troubles in the Middle East

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 12% / 61%
• Whites 10% / 58%
• Blacks 19% / 31%
• Hispanics 23% / 44%

Israel exploits Holocaust victimhood for its own purposes

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 16% / 52%
• Whites 16% / 48%
• Blacks 19% / 27%
• Hispanics 21% / 38%

Israel has too much control over global affairs

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 19% / 44%
• Whites 17% / 42%
• Blacks 22% / 23%
• Hispanics 26% / 34%

The interests of Israelis are at odds with the interests of the rest of the world

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 19% / 43%
• Whites 17% / 39%
• Blacks 25% / 19%
• Hispanics 26% / 39%

Israel is an apartheid state

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 22% / 33%
• Whites 19% / 30%
• Blacks 21% / 19%
• Hispanics 20% / 32%

Israel is deliberately trying to wipe out the Palestinian population

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 26% / 40%
• Whites 23% / 37%
• Blacks 32% / 15%
• Hispanics 29% / 36%

Israel is committing mass murder in Palestine

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 27% / 39%
• Whites 22% / 38%
• Blacks 31% / 17%
• Hispanics 31% / 30%

Israel is the only real democracy in the Middle East

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 42% / 19%
• Whites 39% / 17%
• Blacks 20% / 24%
• Hispanics 38% / 19%

The State of Israel makes a positive contribution to global society

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 50% / 13%
• Whites 47% / 12%
• Blacks 23% / 19%
• Hispanics 41% / 14%

The State of Israel is the historic homeland of the Jewish People

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 58% / 10%
• Whites 54% / 9%
• Blacks 36% / 15%
• Hispanics 56% / 10%

The State of Israel has every right to exist

Agree / Disagree

• Reg. voters 74% / 5%
• Whites 71% / 4%
• Blacks 51% / 9%
• Hispanics 61% / 9%

Survey of 1,500 U.S. adult citizens, including sub-samples of 1,093 registered voters, 999 whites, 212 blacks, and 195 Hispanics, was conducted August 24-27, 2019. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points among all adults; +/- 3.1% among registered voters.