u/WoodPear

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/18/us/elections-florida-california-alaska

Highlights related to this sub.

Fishback got about 10% (matches the polling), Bilzerian got 25% (I haven't looked at polling but since none of the 'mainstream' news covered this particular race, I don't think it was going to be competative) vs Fine's 50%

Moskowitz wins his Primary in House District 25, fending off Socalist challenger Larkin 63-36.

Democrat Primary for Senate: Angie Nixon, a DSA member, pulled off an upset by beating Vindman (the favorite, and also the Establishment choice) by 56-44. Vindman had raised 16 million in campaign donations to her slightly under 1 million in funding.

Seat is likely to go to a Republican in the General.

Discuss!

https://apnorc.org/projects/democrats-are-increasingly-supportive-of-the-palestinians-while-support-for-israel-declines/

Key highlights regarding Jewish Americans polled:

>Among Jewish adults, 38% say the U.S. is being too supportive of Israel and 32% say it is not being supportive enough. Twenty-eight percent think U.S. support is about right. However, partisan divides persist. Fifty-one percent of Jewish Democrats say the U.S. is too supportive and 45% of Jewish Republicans think it is not supportive enough.

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Overall, 43% of Jewish adults say the U.S. is not supportive enough of the Palestinians and 24% say it is being too supportive. Again, Jewish Democrats and Republicans have very different views. Fifty-eight percent of Jewish Democrats say the U.S. is not giving the Palestinians enough support, while 43% of Jewish Republicans think Palestinians are getting too much support.

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Overall, 30% of Jewish adults say Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide, 49% say they do not, and 21% say they don’t know enough to say. Among Jewish Democrats, 45% say Israel carried out genocide in Gaza while only 3% of Jewish Republicans agree.