It has been more than five months since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
According to the latest Fox News survey, a majority of people continue to support Israel over the Palestinians in the conflict, although the margin has decreased since last fall.
Currently, voters favor Israel by a 31-point margin (59%-28%), which is the same as last month (59%-29%).
However, this margin is much smaller than the 50-point pro-Israeli numbers seen shortly after the October 7 attack (68% Israelis vs. 18% Palestinians).
The narrowing of the margin is mainly due to a shift toward the Palestinians among liberals (+18), Democrats (+17 points), voters under age 35 (+13), and women (+12). The support for Israel among Republicans, conservatives, and White evangelicals has largely remained unchanged.
In a speech on March 14, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S. and a strong supporter of Israel, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war and called for new leadership. Schumer's speech was widely criticized by many Republicans, American Jewish leaders, and Israeli officials.
Following Schumer's speech, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that calling for Israeli elections was "unprecedented" and "hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected leader of Israel."
Netanyahu is viewed favorably by only 25% of voters, while 44% view him unfavorably, giving him a net negative rating of 19 points. Schumer also has a net negative rating of 19 points, with 30% viewing him favorably and 49% unfavorably.
McConnell's ratings are even worse, with only 20% viewing him favorably and 68% unfavorably, resulting in a net negative rating of 48.
Earlier this year, McConnell announced that this would be his last term as Republican leader of the chamber. Only 29% of Republicans view McConnell positively, while 57% of Democrats view Schumer favorably.
Republicans are four times more likely than Democrats to have a positive opinion of Netanyahu.
In other parts of the world, Ukraine is still at war with Russia. Half of voters (51%) believe there should be a limited timeframe for U.S. support of Ukraine in this conflict, while slightly fewer (45%) say the U.S. should help as long as it takes.
These results are consistent with those from October 2023 but show a reversal from February 2023 when 46% supported a limited timeframe and 50% were in favor of long-term support.
Foreign policy is a lower priority for voters, with only 38% saying it will be extremely important to their 2024 vote.
The economy (61%), election integrity (53%), immigration (48%), health care (46%), and abortion (41%) are higher priorities. Climate change (30%) is the lowest priority.
Voters believe by an 11-point margin that former President Donald Trump would handle foreign policy better than President Biden.
Immigration remains a high priority for voters, as the situation at the southern border continues to be a concern for lawmakers and the Biden administration.
When it comes to the ongoing immigration crisis, eight out of 10 voters blame Congress for its lack of action, while three-quarters blame the White House for its lack of enforcement.
These results have remained relatively stable since February.
Immigration is one of the top four issues that voters say will influence their choice for president. They trust Trump to handle immigration by 18 points.
They also trust him on the top issue of the economy (+15), while Biden holds the edge on the next two highest-rated issues by much narrower margins—election integrity (by 6 points) and health care (+3).
The Fox News Poll was conducted from March 22-25, 2024, under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). It includes interviews with 1,094 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file.
Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (122) and cellphones (717) or completed the survey online after receiving a text message (255).
Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population.