American Public Opinion On Religious Discrimination

 Do you consider each of the following to be a form of antisemitism, or not? (AP/NORC, June 11-17, 2026


YesNoDK/NA
Criticizing Israel for any reason16%49%35%
Criticizing Israel for its military actions16%47%38%
Saying U.S. Jewish people are more loyal to Israel than the U.S.27%28%45%
Saying Israel shouldn't exist as a Jewish state38%22%41%
Saying U.S. Jewish people are responsible for Israel's actions43%22%36%
Protesting an event that is supportive of Israel22%40%38%
Denying that the Holocaust happened or how many people were killed60%10%30%
Vandalizing synagogues or Jewish-owned businesses because of Israel's actions62%9%30%

How serious a problem do you think each of the following is in the United States? (AP/NORC, June 11-17, 2026


Prejudice against Jewish peoplePrejudice against Muslim people
Extremely serious15%15%
Very serious23%23%
Moderately serious36%32%
Not too serious18%18%
Not at all serious7%10%
DK/NA2%2%

Compared with three years ago, before the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, do you think there is currently more prejudice against Jewish people in the U.S., less prejudice against Jewish people, or about the same amount of prejudice against Jewish people? (AP/NORC, June 11-17, 2026)



Total
More prejudice42%
Less prejudice9%
About the same46%
DK/NA4%


If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be Jewish, would you vote for that person? (Gallup, April 17-30, 2019).

 YesNo
2019
93%
7%
2015
91%
7%
2012
82%
6%
201192%7%
200791%6%
200389%8%
199992%6%
198789%6%
198388%7%
197882%12%
196986%8%
196782%13%
196580%15%
196377%17%
196168%23%
195972%22%
195863%29%
193746%47%

There is some/a lot of discrimination against... (Pew, March 2019)

 JewsMuslimsEvangelical Christians
 
2016
2019
2016
2019
2016
2019
Some
44%
64%
25%
26%
42%
50%
A lot
13%
24%
57%
56%
15%
18%
Total
57%
88%
82%
82%
57%
68%

Overall, how does being Jewish affect people’s ability to get ahead in our country these days? (Pew, January 22-February 5, 2019)

 WhiteBlackHispanic
Helps a lot
5%
19%
10%
Helps a little
15%
19%
17%
Hurts a little
17%
15%
14%
Hurts a lot
3%
5%
7%
Neither helps nor hurts
59%
45%
51%
No answer
-
2%
2%