(Jewish Group) Jews win religion popularity contest in new poll

While antisemitic incidents may be up, Jews can take heart: We’re more popular than you might think.

New data from the Pew Research Center indicates that while most Americans don’t really know enough Jewish people to have an opinion, far more see them positively than negatively.

The poll showed 35% of those asked had either a favorable or very favorable opinion of Jews — the highest percentage of any of the major religious groups on the survey. Only 6% had a somewhat or very unfavorable view.

Jewish popularity has actually been fairly consistent. In a similar 2017 poll, where respondents were asked to rank their feelings towards religious groups between 0 and 100, Jews scored an average of 67, the highest out of any group.

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The good vibes were split fairly equally among Republicans and Democrats. The negative view of Jews was at 6% for both of them, while positive views were at 38% and 33%, respectively.

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