As the race to November accelerates, the pressure is piling on the Democratic administration to deliver on policy promises for Muslim Democrats — perhaps at the expense of Israel.

New polling makes it clear that adherents to the Islamic faith aren’t rushing to support Kamala Harris this November. To the contrary, she’s fighting Green Party candidate Jill Stein for the lead.

A poll of 1,159 Muslims released Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations shows Harris and Stein tied at 29%, with 11% of the cohort’s support going to Donald Trump, 4% to Cornel West, and 1% to Libertarian Chase Oliver. A significant 9% say they aren’t voting.

Incredibly, this represents growth for Harris from the previous CAIR poll of 2,500 Muslims conducted before the vice president became the nominee, but was never released.

In that previously unreported survey, 36% backed Stein and 25% supported West, with President Biden drawing 7% and Trump at 5%.

  • zarkanian
    4·
    3 months ago

    What she actually said was that she would fight for a ceasefire and sovereignty for Palestine…but without a weapons embargo. This raises the question: If you refuse to use the only thing you have leverage on, what good is your support?

    I don’t think that Harris has a plan. She might be more pro-Palestine than Biden, but without an embargo, she’ll be just as ineffectual. I don’t think that the US can do anything to stop the genocide except to quit sending Israel the money and weapons that they’re using to commit the genocide.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      82·
      3 months ago

      There are other things the US can do. Implement a no-fly zone on Israel, give federal backing to the BDS movement, enforce an ICC arrest warrant on Netanyahu, require Israelis with US citizenship to come back to the US or forfeit that citizenship, etc.

      Obviously KKKamala HariSS won’t do any of those things, but the US hypothetically could continue to sell arms to Israel while destroying their ability to wage war.

      • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        3 months ago

        Honestly the easiest one is to let the UN actually do something or let everyone know they won’t retaliate against anyone that tries to stop the genocide.

        Of course that is too much for this and the Harris administration (or trump) to even consider…

        Good thing we have blinken to definitely do something to help negotiate

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
      6·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think that the US can do anything to stop the genocide except to quit sending Israel the money and weapons that they’re using to commit the genocide.

      This is correct, and is why Harris is promising to continue genocide.