Nearly two-thirds of Jewish Americans say prejudice 'extremely' or 'very' serious problem: poll

A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that nearly two thirds of Jewish Americans say prejudice against Jewish people is an "extremely" or "very" serious problem in the U.S. 

The poll also found that most Jewish adults don't feel well represented by political leaders. Of those surveyed, 15% said that the Democratic Party supports Jewish people in the U.S. "extremely" or "very well." One-third say the party supports them fairly well, while 41% say the party's support is "not very well" or "not well at all." 

Half of Jewish adults, according to the poll, say that Trump and the Republicans don't support Jewish people well in the U.S., while 40% say the Republican Party supports Jewish people "somewhat," "extremely" or "very well." The poll also found that 42% say the same of Trump. 

The new survey of 1,022 Jewish adults — including people who identify as Jewish by religion and religiously unaffiliated people who identify as Jewish through culture, ethnicity or family background. The margin of sampling error for Jewish adults is plus or minus 5.0 percentage points.