Watch Nidhi Razdan: Is Biden losing Arab-American voters in key US swing states?

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America’s strong support for Israel and its actions in Gaza are having a ripple effect on the US Presidential race. A new poll done by NBC News shows that President Joe Biden’s approval rating has declined to the lowest level of his presidency at just 40 per cent.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/why-are-bidens-approval-ratings-in-a-free-fall-1.99578590  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #USElections #politics

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00:00Could President Biden's staunch support for Israel in its war with Hamas cost him next

00:08year's presidential election?

00:10This is a question that's increasingly being asked, with new polls showing him trailing

00:14in a head-to-head contest with Donald Trump and, importantly, showing that a majority

00:19of Americans do not agree with his foreign policy.

00:21Worryingly for Mr Biden, 70 per cent of those polled between the ages of 18 and 34 amongst

00:28Democratic voters do not approve of his stand on Israel and Palestine.

00:32This is important because Arab Americans and Muslim Americans are an important voter group

00:39in swing states like Michigan, for example.

00:41They have a large number who actually vote in these states, and that could make a difference

00:47if there is a neck-to-neck fight next year in November.

00:51So this is something that Mr Biden's team will have to calibrate, but it's a tough choice

00:55because Jewish Americans are, of course, a very strong voter base as well.

00:59They are important in other swing states and this could be the determining factor in 2024.

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