Honan poll: Jewish New Yorkers report far greater impact from Oct. 7 and more safety fears
A Honan Strategy Group survey of 1,167 likely New York voters, including 503 Jewish respondents, found Jewish voters much more affected by Oct. 7 and its aftermath than non-Jewish voters, and about half saying Jewish New Yorkers are unsafe.
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Right · 2Honan Strategy Group surveyed 1,167 likely voters between Oct. 2 and 6, 2026, three years after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. JNSR “a survey that Honan Strategy Group conducted between Oct. 2 and 6 of 1,167 likely general election voters” Read at JNS ↗ New York PostR “surveyed 1,167 likely city voters via text from Oct. 2-6” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 2The sample included 503 self-identified Jewish respondents, an oversample; JNS says the firm oversampled people with Jewish-sounding names. JNSR “The survey oversampled those with Jewish-sounding names and polled 503 people, who self-identified as Jews.” Read at JNS ↗ New York PostR “It included an oversample of 503 Jewish voters” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 1JNS reports that 78% of Jewish likely voters said Oct. 7 and its aftermath affected them a lot, against 32% of non-Jewish voters; 11% of Jewish respondents said it affected them not very much or not at all, versus 42% of non-Jewish respondents. JNSR “More than double the number of Jewish likely New York voters, 78%, say that Oct. 7 and its aftermath have affected them a lot than do their non-Jewish peers, 32%.”“Just 11% of Jewish respondents said that Oct. 7 and the ensuing war didn’t impact them very much or at all.” Read at JNS ↗
Right · 1Some 68% of Jewish respondents said the world has moved on from the victims of Oct. 7, while 28% said it remembers them; non-Jewish voters split 45% remembers and 42% moved on. JNSR “More than two-thirds of Jewish likely voters, 68%, said that they believe that the world has moved on from the victims of Oct. 7.”“Some 45% said that the world remembers the Oct. 7 victims, and 42% said that people have moved on.” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1On social strain, 66% of Jewish respondents said disagreements about Israel have strained relationships with family, friends or coworkers (23% 'a great deal'), compared with 34% of non-Jewish respondents. JNSR “Two thirds (66%) of Jewish respondents said that disagreements about Israel have strained relationships with family, friends or coworkers” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1Views of the city differed little by group on division: 45% of Jewish and 48% of non-Jewish voters saw a more divided New York City than before Oct. 7, while 1% of Jewish and 23% of non-Jewish voters saw a more united one. JNSR “45% of Jewish and 48% of non-Jewish likely voters—saw a more divided New York City today than before Oct. 7.” Read at JNS ↗
Right · 1Nearly all Jewish respondents (99%) said they followed the war against Hamas closely or very closely, versus 34% of non-Jewish voters. JNSR “Nearly all Jewish New Yorkers, 99%, said that they watched the war against Hamas closely or very closely, while 34% of non-Jewish voters said the same.” Read at JNS ↗ Right · 1The New York Post, which focused on safety, reported that 51% of Jewish voters said Jewish New Yorkers are unsafe today, versus 38% of non-Jewish voters, and 55% said it has gotten worse since Oct. 7; 47% said they felt safe. New York PostR ““Fifty one percent of Jewish voters say Jewish New Yorkers are unsafe today, compared with 38% of non-Jewish voters,””“Just 47% of Jewish voters polled said they felt safe” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 1According to the Post, 42% of Jewish respondents said they had been verbally harassed for being Jewish, 59% said public protests are unsafe for them (double the non-Jewish share), and half said wearing a kippah or Star of David is unsafe. New York PostR “42% of respondents said they’ve been verbally harassed because they were Jewish”“59% of Jewish voters say it is unsafe for them at public protests” Read at New York Post ↗
Right · 1The Post also reported that one in four Jewish voters hid their Jewish identity online or at work, 36% stopped wearing Jewish symbols, 40% called college campuses unsafe for Jews, and one in three witnessed or experienced an antisemitic incident in the five boroughs in the past year, versus 12% of non-Jewish voters. New York PostR “one in four Jews said they hid their Jewish identity online or at work, while 36% have stopped wearing Jewish symbols”“nearly triple the 12% rate of non-Jewish voters” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 2Bradley Honan of Honan Strategy Group said the aim is to open policymakers' eyes to public opinion and prompt civic and business leaders to enact policies; he called the city 'fairly divided' and 'very troubling', and said 'half of Jews saying they feel unsafe is an alarming figure'. JNSR ““We are trying to open up the eyes of policymakers to what the vox populi, the voice of the public, thinks,”” Read at JNS ↗ New York PostR ““Half of Jews saying they feel unsafe is an alarming figure.” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 2The firm has worked for Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg and the Orthodox Union; JNS received the Jewish-voter findings exclusively. The reported margins of error are 2.87 points (JNS) or 2.97 points (Post) overall, and 4.36 points for the Jewish oversample (Post). JNSR “The firm, which has worked for former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Orthodox Union”“The survey has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.87 percentage points.” Read at JNS ↗ New York PostR “The overall poll has a margin of error of 2.97 percentage points.” Read at New York Post ↗
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- Framing
- Both outlets present the poll as evidence of the heavy personal and security toll of Oct. 7 on Jewish New Yorkers. JNS leads with emotional impact and the sense the world has moved on; the Post leads with safety fears and harassment amid 'soaring antisemitism'.
- Emphasis
- JNS: impact, memory of victims, strained relationships, city division. Post: unsafe feelings, harassment, hiding identity, protests.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Neither carries outside comment or criticism of the poll; the Post leaves out the non-Jewish comparison on impact and strained relationships and the Jewish-sounding-names oversampling method that JNS mentions.
- Charged language
- “stunning new poll”“eye-popping”“soaring antisemitism”“startling”“Shockingly”“alarming figure”
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“according to a stunning new poll” — New York Post
“amid soaring antisemitism in the Big Apple” — New York Post
“It suggests that Israel and the Hamas attack and its aftermath have deeply affected a majority of Jewish New Yorkers” — JNS
What every side reports
- Honan Strategy Group polled 1,167 likely voters from Oct. 2 to 6, 2026, including 503 Jewish respondents.
- Jewish respondents reported markedly different experiences and views than non-Jewish respondents.
Where accounts differ
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Overall margin of error and poll scope
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- JNS gives 2.87 points and calls the sample likely general election voters in New York; the Post gives 2.97 points and calls it likely city voters (5 Borough Barometer).
Honan Strategy Group organisation
Honan Strategy Group says it wants to show policymakers and civic and business leaders what the public thinks, and describes the findings as showing a divided, personally affected city and an alarming level of Jewish insecurity.
““We want to raise issues that are in the public domain to civic and business organizations” — JNS
““Half of Jews saying they feel unsafe is an alarming figure.” — New York Post
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JNSR ·
Neutral Data-led report on how strongly Oct. 7 affected Jewish versus non-Jewish likely voters, with the pollster's quotes and method.
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More than half of Jewish NYers fear for their safety after Oct. 7 attacks: poll
Alarmist Emphasises Jewish New Yorkers' fear, harassment and concealment of identity, using strongly charged language around the poll.
- 6 Oct 22:17 First JNSR Jewish likely voters in NY twice as likely as non-Jewish peers to say Oct. 7, aftermath affect them a lot, survey suggests
- 6 Oct 22:54 +38m New York PostR More than half of Jewish NYers fear for their safety after Oct. 7 attacks: poll
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