A new poll found that nearly half of voters in Pennsylvania view Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Jewish Democrat mulling a presidential bid in 2028, as “about right on support of Israel,” even as has faced skepticism from the far left over his positions on the Jewish state.

The New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena University poll, released Tuesday, showed that 47% of voters approve of Shapiro’s stances on Israel, with 14% saying he is “too supportive” and 19% feeling he is “not supportive enough.”

40% of respondents under 30 said Shapiro is too supportive of Israel, underscoring a generational divide on the issue. 59% of Democrats still believe he is “about right” in his approach, according to the poll; 39% of Republicans said the same, while another 40% said he is not supportive enough.

The survey results indicate that Shapiro, a popular centrist who led his Republican gubernatorial rival, Stacy Garrity, by 16 points in the poll, could be well positioned as he mulls a presidential campaign.

Even as the Democratic Party has recently become more hostile toward Israel, Shapiro has continued to voice support for upholding ties to the key U.S. ally, while remaining outspoken against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing governing coalition.

With a growing number of Democratic lawmakers calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel, Shapiro has reiterated his commitment to such assistance, while otherwise arguing it should be used to exert leverage over the country’s use of American-made weapons.

More broadly, the poll showed that while half of likely voters in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, believe the Democratic Party is too far to the left, 29% said they felt the same about Shapiro. The poll surveyed 760 likely voters in Pennsylvania and was conducted Aug. 17-21.

The poll stands in contrast to findings concerning voter sentiment toward Israel in a survey released Monday by the far-left IMEU Policy Project that was conducted by YouGov. That poll found broad Democratic support for sanctioning Israel and cutting off U.S. weapons sales among primary voters in the six states recently chosen to lead off the 2028 Democratic presidential nominating contest — South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia.

The Times/Siena poll also showed Pennsylvania voters largely back Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) outspoken defense of Israel, with 41% saying he is “about right,” 29% saying he is “too supportive” and 7% saying he is “not supportive enough,” though 51% of Democrats surveyed believe he is “too supportive.” 

The survey found that Fetterman is viewed far more favorably among Republican voters than Democrats as he has continued to publicly spar with members of his own party as he accuses them of moving too far to the left. While his criticism has stoked speculation over whether he will formally cross the aisle, he has denied that he intends to switch parties.