American President Joe Biden’s stance on the conflict in the Middle East may alienate young voters who ensured his victory in the 2020 election. This was stated by John Della Volpe, director of social polling at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), in an article for The New York Times.
John Della Volpe reminded us that while Joe Biden is giving as much support as possible to the Israeli government, a recent YouGov survey found that more than a third of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 think the Israeli government’s response to the 7 October terrorist attacks by the Hamas group is “too harsh.”
The sociologist is sure that most young Americans perceive the conflict through the prism of human rights – and therefore, as long as the U.S. does not show itself as a peacemaker, Israeli strikes on Gaza will every day more and more strongly reduce the rating of Biden among young voters.
Recall, earlier Turkish President Recep Erdogan suggested that the conflict in the Middle East will end with the defeat of Israel and the United States, because they, in the words of the Turkish leader, “oppose justice.” At the same time, the justification of attacks is a “legacy of the West’s bloody history”.