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An American Jewish Committee poll conducted last August found that only 18% of American Jews voted for Trump in the 2016 election, while 64% voted for Hillary Clinton.Polls have also found a wide gap between how Israeli and American Jews view the president’s decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem. According to the University of Maryland poll, a whopping 73% of Israeli Jews support both the decision to move the embassy and the timing, while in the AJC poll last August – taken albeit before Trump announced his move – 44% opposed a move, and only 16 supported it taking place immediately. Another 36% said that it should be moved at a later date in conjunction with progress in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.The University of Maryland poll was conducted among a representative sample of 650 Israeli Jews, and had a +/- 3.92% margin of error. The AJC polls was conducted by phone over 18 days last August and had a +/-3.71% margin of error.