For all the storm and strife we have endured in the war of the pundits, it turns out that the audience at TPUSA was of one mind when it comes to Israel.
They like Israel. They really, really like it.
Keep in mind the audience being polled—a group of younger conservatives who have been brought to the movement by Charlie Kirk. They spent the last few days hearing from conservatives of (almost) all stripes, sat through the speeches of Ben Shapiro, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Vice President J.D. Vance, among others.
They certainly know more than most about the supposed “civil war” over support for Israel; they have had a front-row seat to the arguments, some of which got quite heated among the speakers. Ben Shapiro’s whole speech went straight to the issue, and both Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly fired back with both barrels at him.
And, at the end of TPUSA’s AmericaFest, the organization polled the attendees, getting the highest number of responses in their history. And the results are in…
Trump’s Cabinet is very popular. Pam Bondi is the only member to have disapproval in the double digits, with about 29% having a negative view. pic.twitter.com/sa1cJfpv2T
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) December 22, 2025
First, the audience loves JD Vance with a passion. And probably not just because Erika Kirk vowed to get him elected in 2028. He is a powerful political figure in his own right, and as the first millennial in the White House, even in the second slot, he speaks to that audience better than most political figures today.
But the number that pops out from the poll is on support for Israel, and that support is unequivocal.
Voter integrity laws remain a top concern of the base. Ending the Ukraine war finished dead last. pic.twitter.com/FiG8Ix8DXI
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) December 22, 2025
Fully a third of the respondents said Israel is the United States’ top ally—even I might not go that far, although at this point I would be hard pressed to name which country should replace it at the top slot. A decade ago I might have said the UK, but now? Nah. Perhaps Israel it is.
Overall, 87% of the respondents at TPUSA said they believed Israel was an ally of the United States, and only 13% disagreed. Given how much anti-Israel propaganda there is, and that both Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have been banging the anti-Israel drums for months, it is striking how few young conservatives have expressed any doubts about the United States’ relationship with Israel.
Also of note is how sour the audience is on radical Islam—another rebuke to Tucker Carlson, who has been praising Sharia Law and been very friendly with Qatar of late.
“Radical Islam” finishing as the #1 threat to America is a testament to Charlie, who was deeply concerned with that topic in the final months of his life.
Very few people were concerned about America’s low birthrate, though. They should be! pic.twitter.com/fSyhcs0ETe
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) December 22, 2025
It seems that, for the moment, the anti-Israel sentiment among conservatives is limited to a relatively small, highly-online element. The audience may be willing to hear out Tucker Carlson given the goodwill he has built up over the years, but at least for the TPUSA audience, who are among the most motivated younger conservatives in the United States, his anti-Israel arguments have not made a dent in their opinions.
I spoke with Megyn Kelly at AmericaFest, where fissures in the MAGA movement erupted into a bitter feud.
“They are making antisemites,” she said of Ben Shapiro and Bari Weiss. “Tucker is not making antisemites. They are.”https://t.co/J53enfxSWv
— Aidan McLaughlin (@aidnmclaughlin) December 22, 2025
Of course, the overlap in the Venn Diagram between TPUSA attendees and Nick Fuentes supporters is pretty much zero. Charlie Kirk was the anti-Nick Fuentes, and it’s clear that Charlie has left a strong legacy.
