Republicans overwhelmingly favor sending aid to Israel over Ukraine, compared to their Democratic counterparts, exclusive polling for DailyMail.com shows.
A survey conducted by JL Partners found that 40 percent of Republicans believe financing Israel should be prioritized over Ukraine, while only 4 percent of Democrats share the same view.
The majority of Democrats, 53 percent, believe the US should equally support the two crisis-hit allies. About a third of Republicans, 32 percent, share this view.
Only 3 percent of Republicans believe Ukraine should be a priority, as members of the Republican Party — both on Capitol Hill and during the campaign — have become more critical of U.S. dollars going to the war effort against Russia.
About a quarter of Democrats, 22 percent, say Ukraine should be the priority.
Republicans are 10 times more likely to agree that financing Israel should be prioritized over helping Ukraine fight Russia, according to new polling exclusively for DailyMail.com, while most Democrats want the two allies to receive equal priority.
Of all respondents in the survey, 39 percent said the U.S. should prioritize giving Israel and Ukraine equal funding, which President Joe Biden pitched in an Oval Office speech Thursday evening.
A similarly small number from each party believe that no money should go to either alliance; 16 percent of Republicans hold this view, along with 11 percent of Democrats.
About a third of independents, 34 percent, say the U.S. should support Israel and Ukraine equally, while the other views are about evenly split.
Sixteen percent of independents believed that Israel should be a priority, while 15 percent said Ukraine should receive the most attention.
Another 19 percent — a larger number compared to Republicans and Democrats — said neither country should receive U.S. funding.
Overall, however, Americans support what President Joe Biden threw into the Oval Office on Thursday evening: sending dollars to both war-torn countries, with 39 percent of all respondents holding this view.
Pollster James Johnson told DailyMail.com that “the American public thinks the government can run and chew gum at the same time, and wants to.”
“President Biden’s option for an omnibus bill has public support: it is the most popular funding option, with four in 10 saying the US should prioritize both Ukraine and Israel equally,” Johnson said.
President Joe Biden addressed the American people from the Oval Office on Thursday evening, urging lawmakers to pass a spending package that included funds for both Ukraine and Israel, with nearly four in 10 Americans agreeing.
Biden devoted most of his 15-minute speech to connecting Ukraine and Israel, saying that while Russian President Vladimir Putin and the terrorist group Hamas, responsible for the October 7 terror attack in Israel, “represent different threats,” they share a common goal.
“They both want to completely destroy a neighboring democracy,” he said.
“We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win,” Biden also said.
Some Republican senators have said they do not want to see both Israel and Ukraine funded in the same package, as Biden has proposed.
The president made it official Friday that he wanted Congress to approve nearly $106 billion in new spending, with $61.4 billion allocated to Ukraine and $14.3 billion earmarked for Israel.
Johnson noted that “for Republican lawmakers, things are not that simple.”
“The Republican base disagrees and says any new spending should put Israel ahead of Ukraine,” the pollster said.
“But Biden may have a stick to wield over Republicans,” he continued. ‘By far the least popular action is not supporting either country – which receives the support of only 16 percent of Republicans. If voters feel like their representatives are at risk of this happening, it could put pressure on GOP politicians to switch.”