How Americans Think about Antisemitism on Campus Today
Survey
May. 2025
Sample Size:
2,131
Demographics:
US adults
Topics:
Partisan Divide
Free Speech
Top Findings:
- 45 percent of respondents see campus antisemitism as a “serious” or “very serious” issue. Among Republicans, the share was 54 percent, compared to roughly 40 percent of Democrats and 32 percent of Independents.
- 28 percent of respondents said they view Ivy League. 47 percent of Republicans hold that sentiment, compared to about 11 percent of Democrats and roughly 30 percent of Independents.
- Only 39 percent of respondents disagree or strongly disagree that the federal government should defund Ivy League institutions, while 27 percent of Democrats, 50 percent of Independents and 36 percent of Republicans expressed ambivalence.