Right Wing Antisemitism: Measured and Quantified

Jack Cohen · Aug 5, 2026
Antisemitism is growing on the right. And it's captured not just in antisemitic comments or warnings from within the movement itself, but in objective data that tracks its spread through social media into the younger generation.
Eitan Hersh et al|
We find overt antisemitic attitudes are rare on the left but common on the right, particularly among young adults on the right. Even when primed with information that most U.S. Jews have favorable views toward Israel—a country disfavored by the ideological left—respondents on the left rarely support statements such as that Jews have too much power or should be boycotted.
The Forward|
Hersh said he was surprised by the results...Young adults who held the most conservative views were almost five times more likely to say it was acceptable to boycott Jewish businesses than those on the farthest left and almost 10 times more likely to say Jews had too much power.
Institute for Strategic Dialogue|
New research…has found a major and sustained spike in antisemitic posts on Twitter since the company’s takeover by Elon Musk on October 27, 2022…the volume of English-language antisemitic Tweets more than doubled in the period following Musk’s takeover.
Before buying Twitter, Musk said that it “obv[iously] has a strong left wing bias.”
Anti-Defamation League|
The ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) evaluated both policy and enforcement around antisemitism and issued grades to each of the five platforms based on a fixed set of criteria.

X (formerly Twitter) scored the lowest with an “F”
Musk has given X a right-wing slant, making it into the social media network of choice for conservatives.
Manhattan Institute|
Nearly four in ten in the Current GOP (37%) believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-new-gop-survey-analysis-of-americans-overall-todays-republican-coalition-and-the-minorities-of-maga
The conservative Manhattan Institute’s survey found deep antisemitism in the new right wing coalition.
Manhattan Institute|
While just 16% of the Current GOP believe that Jews receive too much favorable treatment, fully 26% of those under 50 hold this view.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-new-gop-survey-analysis-of-americans-overall-todays-republican-coalition-and-the-minorities-of-maga
Manhattan Institute|
Among the Current GOP under 50, a notable minority report that they themselves openly express racist (31%) or antisemitic (25%) views.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-new-gop-survey-analysis-of-americans-overall-todays-republican-coalition-and-the-minorities-of-maga
In addition, 48% of Current GOP ages 18-29 said they either hold antisemitic views or that antisemitic views should not count against people who hold them.
Yale Youth Poll|
“[A]mong voters ages 18-34, self-identified ‘extremely conservative’ voters are much more likely to agree with at least one [antisemitic] statement.”
Ron Harber et al.|
The research also uncovered ideological differences. Among Republican respondents, antisemitic beliefs were slightly more prevalent, but anti-Israel sentiment was less pronounced.
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