Republican voters massively favor sending aid money to Israel over Ukraine, according to exclusive poll, as Biden pushes to help both

• New polling done for DailyMail.com found that 40 percent of Republicans believe funding for Israel should be prioritized over helping Ukraine 
• Just 4 percent of Democrats shared this view 
• Additionally, 39 percent of all Americans believe that Israel and Ukraine should be prioritized equally, which is what President Joe Biden pitched Thursday night 

Republicans massively favor sending aid to Israel over Ukraine compared to their Democratic counterparts, according to exclusive polling for DailyMail.com.

A survey conducted by J.L. Partners found that 40 percent of Republicans believe funding for Israel should be prioritized over Ukraine, while just 4 percent of Democrats hold that same view. 

The bulk of Democrats, 53 percent, believe the U.S. should support the two crisis-hit allies equally. About a third of Republicans, 32 percent, share this view. 

Just 3 percent of Republicans believe Ukraine should be prioritized, as members of the GOP – both on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail – have become more critical of U.S. dollars going to the war effort against Russia. 

About a quarter of Democrats, 22 percent, say Ukraine should be the priority. 

Republicans are 10 times more likely to agree that funding for Israel should be prioritized over helping Ukraine fight off Russia, new polling done exclusively for DailyMail.com reveals, while the bulk of Democrats want the two allies to be prioritized equally  

Among all survey respondents, 39 percent said the U.S. should prioritize giving funding to Israel and Ukraine equally, which is what President Joe Biden pitched in an Oval Office address Thursday night 

A similar and small number from each party don’t believe money should go toward either ally – with 16 percent of Republicans holding this view, joined by 11 percent of Democrats. 

About a third of independents, 34 percent, say that the U.S. should support Israel and Ukraine equally, with the other viewpoints about equally divided. 

Sixteen percent of independents believed Israel should be a priority, while 15 percent said Ukraine should get the most attention.

Another 19 percent – a bigger number compared to Republicans and Democrats – said neither country should get U.S. funding.

Overall, however, Americans support what President Joe Biden pitched in the Oval Office Thursday night: sending dollars to both war-torn nations, with 39 percent of all survey respondents holding this view. 

Pollster James Johnson told DailyMail.com that ‘the American public think the government can – and want it to – walk and chew gum at the same time.’ 

‘President Biden’s option of an omnibus bill has the backing of the public: it is the most popular funding option, with four in ten saying the US should prioritize both Ukraine and Israel equally,’ Johnson said. 

Preident Joe Biden addressed the American people on Thursday night from the Oval Office and urged lawmakers to pass a spending package that included funds for both Ukraine and Israel, which nearly four in 10 Americans agree with

Biden dedicated the bulk of his 15-minute address to connecting Ukraine and Israel, saying that while Russian President Vladimir Putin and the terror group Hamas, responsible for the October 7 terror attack in Israel ‘represent different threats’ they share a common goal.

‘They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,’ he said. 

‘We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win,’ Biden also said. 

A number of GOP senators have said they didn’t want both Israel and Ukraine funding in the same package, as Biden has pitched. 

The president made it official Friday that he wanted Congress to authorize nearly $106 billion in new spending, with $61.4 billion allocated for Ukraine and $14.3 billion reserved for Israel.

Johnson noted that ‘for GOP lawmakers, things are not so simple.’ 

‘The Republican base disagrees, and say any new spending should put Israel over Ukraine,’ the pollster said. 

‘But Biden may have a stick to wield over Republicans,’ he continued. ‘By far the least popular action is to support neither country – garnering the backing of only 16 percent of Republicans. If voters feel their representatives are running the risk of that happening, it may pressure GOP politicians to shift.’

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