Liberal Democrats now more likely to say they sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel % who say they sympathize more with Conservative Republicans Moderate/liberal Republicans Israel
As a result of these trends, there is now a 41-point gap between the shares of Republicans (74%) and Democrats (33%) who say they sympathize more with Israel. This is the largest party gap in views on this question in surveys dating to 1978.
Among liberal Democrats, a greater share now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians (38%) than with Israel (26%). Liberal Democrats are the only demographic or political group for which a larger share sympathizes more with the Palestinians than with Israel. By contrast, a greater share of conservative and moderate Democrats say they sympathize more with Israel (42%) than the Palestinians (25%). However, the share of conservative and moderate Democrats who say they sympathize more with Israel is down 11 points since April 2016.
Nearly eight-in-ten (78%) conservative Republicans say they sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians. A somewhat smaller majority of moderate and liberal Republicans (64%) also sympathizes more with Israel.
Liberal Democrats now more likely to say they  | sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel  | % who say they sympathize more with  | Conservative Republicans  | Moderate/liberal Republicans  | Israel  | Israel  | 79  | 75  | 75  | 78  | 65  | 58  | 64  | 56  | 60  | The Palestinians  | The Palestinians  | 19  | 13  | 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017  | Conservative, Moderate Democrats  | Liberal Democrats  | Israel  | Israel  | 53  | 46  | 48  | 37 Mn  | 40  | 42  | 38  | 37 Mn  | 25  | 33  | The Palestinians  | 26  | 26  | 22  | 19  | 18  | The Palestinians  | 15  | 8  | 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017  | Note Volunteered "neither," "both and don 'tknow responses notshown. Q61  | Source: Survey conducted Jan. 49. 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 