Powerful or Potemkin Ethnic Lobby: Evaluating Claims of Israel Lobby Electoral Strength as an explanation of US-Middle East Policy

• In Event: The Domestic Politics of Intervention and Foreign Policy

Brief Overview

Can electoral politics explain the perceived strength of the pro-Israel lobby? This paper analyzes voting behavior and public opinion, and finds little evidence that the lobby affects electoral behavior. Rather, voters vote on other unrelated issues.

Author

• Bryan Daves, Carleton College