The only area in which a majority of Jews view Mr Trump’s actions favourably are with regard to US-Israel relations, and even there by the narrowest of majorities: 51 to 49 per cent favourable/unfavourable.
Only six per cent of Jewish voters said that Mr Trump’s Israel policy would make them consider voting for him despite their disagreements with him on other issues.
By contrast, 20 per cent agreed with the statement that they “support President Trump’s policy on Israel, but disagree with him on too many other important issues, so will not consider voting for him.”
Seven in 10 said they would not consider voting for Mr Trump in 2020.
The figures were in sharp contrast to how Israeli Jews view Mr Trump. Polling published by Haaretz in July found 49 per cent of Israelis in strong approval of the US leader, with only 22 per cent disapproving of him.
The Mellman group poll of US Jews also also showed that 92 per cent described themselves as pro-Israel, although 59 per cent are critical of at least some of the Israeli government’s policies.
But just 52 per cent said that “whether the candidate supports Israel” is at least “very important” to them, ranking well below a number of other issues, including “the kind of Supreme Court
