While Majority of Americans Still Support Israel, Nearly Half of Gen Z Voters Say Campaign Against Hamas is Unjust
1/3 of Gen Z Believes Israel Does Not Have Right to Exist as a Country
April 25, 2024
(Manitou Springs, CO—April 22, 2024) Summit.org, in partnership with RMG Research, founded by Scott Rasmussen, one of the world’s leading public opinion pollsters—is releasing the results of a national survey. Results were from a survey of 1,497 registered voters nationwide that included 495 18–24-year-old voters and was conducted March 20-21.
“We are now seeing the logical outcome of an education system that teaches students to see the world through a lens of racialist resentment. Gen Z is so embarrassed about being American that a large swath of them have become terrorist sympathizers,” said Dr. Jeff Myers, President of Summit Ministries. “Gen Z is three times as likely as the general population to deny Israel’s right to exist. Sympathy for Hamas has grown. This should be a massive wake-up call to parents, educators, and cultural leaders—we now have a generation primed to accept without question the propaganda of those who wish to overturn Judeo-Christian civilization.”
The survey was conducted online for Summit Ministries on March 20-21, 2024 by RMG Research. The sample included 1,002 Registered Voters with an additional oversample of 495 18-24 year old voters. The sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for 18-24 year olds is +/- 4.4 percentage points.
The complete link to the data can be found here: https://www.summit.org/about/press/poll-gen-z-sides-with-hamas/
KEY INSIGHT: Gen Z Voters Less Likely to Believe That Hamas is a Terrorist Group:
- 81 percent of American voters overall agree with the U.S. government classifying Hamas as a terrorist group.
- 61 percent of voters 18-24 years old agree with the U.S. government classifying Hamas as a terrorist group.
KEY INSIGHT: While Majority of American Voters Overall Support Israel’s Battle Against Hamas, Gen Z More Likely to Believe That Israel’s Wealth and Military Power Make its Campaign Against Hamas Unjust:
- 58 percent of American voters overall believe Israel’s campaign against Hamas is just, while 21 percent believe that Israel having greater wealth and military power makes its military campaign against Hamas unjust.
- 42 percent of voters 18-24 years old believe Israel’s campaign against Hamas is just, while 47 percent believe that Israel having greater wealth and military power makes its military campaign against Hamas unjust.
KEY INSIGHT: 1/3 of Gen Z Believe Israel Does Not Have Right to Exist as a Nation:
- 10 percent of voters overall believe that Israel does not have a right to exist as a nation in the Middle East, while 77 percent believe Israel does have a right to exist as a nation in the Middle East.
- 33 percent of voters 18-24 years old believe that Israel does not have a right to exist as a nation in the Middle East, while 56 percent believe Israel does have a right to exist as a nation in the Middle East.
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About Summit Ministries — Founded in 1962 Summit Ministries’ mission is to equip and support rising generations to embrace God’s truth and champion a biblical worldview. Summit’s iconic two-week conferences for young adults have trained tens of thousands of today’s business innovators, cultural influencers, government officials, and church leaders. Its books and training courses equip hundreds of thousands of people a year to be confident in biblical truth.
About Scott Rassmussen/RMG Research —Scott Rasmussen has long been recognized as one of the world’s leading public opinion pollsters and top political analysts. Scott founded RMG Research, a political polling firm focused on asking the right questions and properly interpreting the results through RMG’s CounterPolling™ technique, providing a richer understanding of public attitudes and understanding of key issues.