In the News: New Poll Shows Pro-Palestine Democrat Rising in Mike Lawler’s District NY-17

May 5, 2026

The survey also shows Zohran Mamdani 96 points up on AIPAC in New York suburbs long deemed pro-Israel, per polling shared exclusively with Zeteo.

New polling conducted by Data for Progress and commissioned by the campaign of Democratic candidate Effie Phillips-Staley shows astonishing numbers in New York’s 17th US House district. It’s one of a handful of seats that voted for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and a House Republican (Mike Lawler) in 2024 but the numbers underscore seismic changes among rank-and-file Democratic voters.

In the suburban district outside New York City, according to the new poll, Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than with Israelis by a 26-point margin.

The pro-Palestine New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, enjoys +64 favorability, while the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC has a -32 unfavorability. In other words, in the US House district that is home to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Mamdani is 96 points more popular than a lobby group that supported the Democratic former first couple.

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