Rick, I went back and looked at Michigan since they have the largest Arab-American population at 208,000. That counts both adults and children which would make up the voting age population of Arab-Americans at around 100-150,000 taking a SWAG. That roughly 100-150,000 out of 5.6 million votes cast in Michigan. The breakdown via race didn’t include Arab-Americans, just white, black, Hispanic, Asian and other. Other which would include Arab-Americans made up 3% of the Michigan vote which went to Trump 59-37. Gen Z, 18-29 year olds, made up 12% of those who voted, they also went to Trump 50-47.
Michigan views of the presidential candidates, 48% of Michigan voters viewed Trump favorably, 50% unfavorably. Harris was viewed 45% favorably, 52% unfavorably by Michigan voters. In Michigan, the Israel/Palestine or Gaza showed up as 27% support for Israel, 29% support for Gaza which is a bit different from the national support of 35% support for Israel/30% for Gaza. In both cases you have a lot of not sure, no opinion or both or equally.. But it’s not surprising that democrats support Gaza, republicans Israel, independents slightly support Israel more than Gazan’s by 5 points. Trump also won first time voters 50-44 over Harris in Michigan.
This is only Michigan, but Michigan is the state with the highest Arab-American population.
https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/michigan/general/president/0Out of the 15 top issues in last year’s election, the Israel/Palestine or Gaza or Hama War didn’t register which means less than 1% of the population listed it as an important issue in deciding who to vote for. The top 4, Inflation/rising prices 24%, Immigration 13%, Jobs and the Economy 11%, Abortion 9%. Why inflation and rising prices along with the economy and jobs aren't lumped together is beyond me. Inflation falls under the general heading of the economy, at least that’s how I view it which would mean the economy in general, including inflation topped the list at 35%.
