| > Only roughly half of evangelicals in the US actually support the state of Israel. I'm not sure where you're getting the info on evangelicals but from what I can find, support is closer to 82% [1]. Zionism in the US isn't actually a Jewish issue. It's a Christian issue. For every Jewish Zionist there are ~30 Christian Zionists. Why? It's theological. I'm referring to dispensational premillenialism [2]. To summarize, in this theology Israel is the key to bringing on the End Times and the return of Jesus Christ. > I've never even heard of any of my local reps mentioning Israel when running So this is intentional. Israel realizes how unpopular Israel is or just that people don't care so there extensive spending is hidden behind PACs that none of the messaging is ever about Israel. $35 million was spent to oust Thomas Massie in his recent primary. How much of it was about Israel? None. You only find out after the election who AIPAC funded when the intermediary PACs have to reveal their financing. > have friends from all walks of life, and trust me when I tell you, the GOP isn't all in on Israel. It's pretty close [3][4]. More importantly, anti-Israel Republican politicians are few and far between. It just isn't a popular stance to take in Republican primaries. [1]: https://globalaffairs.org/commentary/blogs/american-evangeli... [2]: https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/dispe... [3]: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/07/negative-... [4]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/702440/israelis-no-longer-ahead... |