> that’s what scientific polling states

What poll? Every reputable pollster said the opposite.

> You may not agree with the 10% of the population that sides with Hamas, but that’s enough to cause an election to flip

I don’t and it’s not because of where they are. State-level polls on the issue show it’s irrelevant. That’s why it was ignored. The fact that people were willing to throw the election on this single issue certainly changed my view on the matter, and I know two Republican Senators who took it as a license to be more aggressive against Palestine and Iran.