In the United States, the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel in its military actions in Gaza and Lebanon appears to have resulted in a loss of support from Arab and Muslim American voters.<\/p>\n
According to exit polls, Harris garnered 61% of the American Muslim vote, closely matching Biden’s 63%. Trump, by contrast, received 30% of the Muslim vote, a 5% decrease from his 2020 performance.<\/p>\n
In Dearborn, Michigan\u2014the city with America’s largest Arab population\u2014Trump secured 45% of the vote, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein received 15% of the vote that previously went to Harris supporters.<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal<\/em> described Dearborn as “America’s jihad capital,” highlighting the dramatic shift in voting patterns. In the 2020 election, 88% of Dearborn voters supported Democratic candidates, voting overwhelmingly for Biden.<\/p>\n This shift is attributed largely to Muslim Americans\u2019 opposition to the Biden administration’s stance on Israel and its policies in Gaza.<\/p>\n In the final days before the election, both candidates made targeted appeals to Muslim voters in this closely contested race.<\/p>\n A Fox News <\/em>poll revealed that voter support for continued U.S. aid to Israel divided voters sharply. Among those who supported aid, only 25% supported Harris, while 69% voted for Trump. Conversely, of those who opposed continued support for Israel, 55% supported Harris, and 40% favored Trump.<\/p>\n In a separate NBC<\/em> exit poll, Harris garnered 77% of the Jewish vote, while Trump received 22%.<\/p>\n Final tallies for Jewish and Muslim voter turnout remain pending.<\/p>\n In Pennsylvania, a state with approximately 300,000 Jewish Americans, every vote proved crucial. According to<\/em> AP exit polls, Harris won 67% of the American Jewish vote, while Trump took 31%\u2014mirroring the results from the 2020 election when Biden received 69% of the Jewish vote, with Trump at 31%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the United States, the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel in its military actions in Gaza and Lebanon appears to have resulted in a loss of support from Arab and Muslim American voters. According to exit polls, Harris garnered 61% of the American Muslim vote, closely matching Biden’s 63%. Trump, by contrast, received 30% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[3376,1081,319,2625,3377,3218,2135],"class_list":["post-6016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","tag-arab","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-kamala-harris","tag-muslim","tag-u-s-presidential-election","tag-vote"],"yoast_head":"\n