Nearly half of Americans disagree with Republican’s Netanyahu speech invite, with Democrats being more in dissent. Republicans rate Netanyahu more favorably. And with few following the DHS funding battle, beware of polls predicting reactions. This is HuffPollster for Monday, March 2, 2015.
NBC/WSJ FINDS DISAPPROVAL OF GOP’S NETANYAHU INVITATION – Mark Murray: “Nearly half of American voters — 48 percent — say that congressional Republicans should not have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on Tuesday without first notifying President Barack Obama, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. By contrast, 30 percent of those polled believe the invitation was fine, and another 22 percent don’t know enough to say either way. Not surprisingly, the issue breaks along partisan lines, with 66 percent of Democrats saying Republicans shouldn’t have invited Netanyahu without first notifying the president, compared with just 28 percent of Republicans who say that.” [NBC]
Netanyahu’s favorable rating has improved since August… – Rebecca Ballhaus: “Despite the lack of support for the invitation to Mr. Netanyahu, the share of Americans who have a favorable view of the prime minister has grown since last August. The latest poll finds that 30% have a positive view of him, up from 24% in August. Some 17% in the new poll had an unfavorable view of Mr. Netanyahu. Driving that increase in the prime minister’s ratings was an improvement in Republicans’ view of him. In the latest poll, 49% of Republicans said they had a positive view of Mr. Netanyahu, up from 36% in August. Democrats’ view of him has stayed fairly consistent, down to 12% from 13% in August.” [WSJ]
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