A survey earlier this year by Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government found that 18-to-29-year-old Americans overwhelmingly support a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.\n\n\n\n
Brooklyn Birdie, a graduate student from Shreveport, Louisiana says she supported Biden in 2020 but will not in 2024.\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no way \u2018Genocide Joe\u2019 will receive a vote from me this fall,\u201d Birdie told VOA. \u201cHe is complicit with an ongoing ethnic cleansing.\u201d\n\n\n\n
That does not mean she will vote for Trump instead.\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think, as a businessman, Trump\u2019s presidency was good for the economy,\u201d she explained, \u201cbut I can\u2019t support someone with such unwavering support and allegiance toward Israel. I\u2019m considering voting for a third party, but I\u2019m not sure yet.\u201d\n\n\n\n American priorities\n\n\n\n America\u2019s role abroad matters to New York teacher Paige Benson, but it will not decide her vote.\n\n\n\n \u201cI value foreign policy, and I think our relationship with other countries is really important,\u201d she told VOA. \u201cBut that being said, we have so much work to do with our own country.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen it comes down to who I will vote for, it\u2019s going to be who I trust with the economy,\u201d she added. \u201cIt seems like everyone\u2019s struggling right now. I know people making six-figure salaries who are struggling. Imagine how the rest of us are doing.\u201d\n\n\n\n Florida retiree Harvey Wasserman says he will be voting on immigration.\n\n\n\n \u201cForeign policy is important, but I wish we would stop being the world\u2019s judge and jury,\u201d he said. \u201cTo me, let\u2019s focus on home. I want to see secured borders and clear citizenship requirements. I think Trump is more likely to give us that.\u201d\n\n\n\n Decided on the margins\n\n\n\n Connecticut voter Rebecca Urrutia says because \u201cthe way we handle tensions with other countries will have a big impact for me,\u201d she is voting for Trump.\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t like Trump\u2019s style of communicating at all, but he\u2019s much stronger on foreign policy,\u201d she added. \u201cHe\u2019s direct and follows through on what he promises. The Biden administration, on the other hand, are so wishy-washy with their positions. There\u2019s too much at stake to be indecisive.\u201d\n\n\n\n Foreign policy is also a top priority for Louisiana voter Debbie Pesses, but she is voting for Biden.\n\n\n\n \u201cIf Putin gets hold of Ukraine, none of Europe is safe,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd as much as I feel for the people of Gaza, we can\u2019t allow Hamas to threaten the only true democracy in the Middle East.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need someone calm in the White House,\u201d Pesses continued, \u201cand even though I worry about Biden\u2019s age, his temperament is much better for the job than Trump.\u201d\n\n\n\n 2024 election impact\n\n\n\n In an election that could be decided by a handful of swing states, Dillard University professor Collins says a motivating foreign policy concern such as the war in Gaza could make the difference. In Georgia, for example, Biden carried the state four years ago by fewer than 12,000 votes.\n\n\n\n \u201cThere are more than 11,000 Muslim-Americans in Atlanta, alone,\u201d Collins said. \u201cThat could determine the next president, and it doesn\u2019t even account for the non-Muslim college students who are extremely dissatisfied with how Biden has handled the conflict in Israel.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cIn the end, I think Muslim-Americans will conclude that Biden is the lesser of two evils compared to Trump\u2019s Middle East policy,\u201d he continued, \u201cbut I think a sizable number of younger Democratic voters might be so disenchanted they\u2019ll choose not to vote. 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