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DavidDvorkin

(19,493 posts)
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:35 PM Feb 2016

Why Jewish voters still won’t support Republicans in 2016

The GOP has a dream today. The GOP has a dream that one day Jews and Gentiles will be able to join hands and vote Republican in every village and every hamlet, in every state and every city (but most of all in Florida).

But that dream of the coming of the Jewish Republican won't be realized any time soon, and certainly not in 2016. After giving Barack Obama 78 and 69 percent of their votes in 2008 and 2012 respectively, Jewish Americans have consistently remained among his most loyal constituencies. This week, the Pew Research Center reported that Democrats enjoy a 38-point edge among Jewish voters, virtually unchanged since Mitt Romney was sent packing four years ago.


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/28/1490970/-Why-Jewish-voters-still-won-t-support-Republicans-in-2016
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Why Jewish voters still won’t support Republicans in 2016 (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Feb 2016 OP
Do the numbers change if Bloomberg runs as 3rd party? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #1
Interesting question. DavidDvorkin Feb 2016 #2
I hope he is mostly ignored. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #3
I believe it's due to us knowing the R's theocratic beliefs sakabatou Feb 2016 #4
Just because... Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #5
Kind of funny. yesterday I was looking at Pew's Poll: How Religions View Each Other and I found okaawhatever Feb 2016 #6

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,372 posts)
3. I hope he is mostly ignored.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:57 PM
Feb 2016

He's a Republican, but he might pull Democratic votes with his anti-gun activities.

edit to add: Ok, he is no longer a Republican, he changed to independent, and started as a Democrat, so he evolves.

okaawhatever

(9,468 posts)
6. Kind of funny. yesterday I was looking at Pew's Poll: How Religions View Each Other and I found
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:30 AM
Feb 2016

this part pretty funny. It might help explain one of the reasons you won't see Jewish voters cozy up to the Evangelical side.


Both Jews and Atheists Rate Evangelicals Negatively, but Evangelicals Rate Jews Highly

Attitudes among religious groups toward each other range from mutual regard to unrequited positive feelings to mutual coldness. Catholics and evangelicals, the two largest Christian groups measured here, generally view each other warmly. White evangelical Protestants give Catholics an average thermometer rating of 63; Catholics rate evangelicals at 57. Evangelicals also hold very positive views of Jews, with white evangelical Protestants giving Jews an average thermometer rating of 69. Only Jews themselves rate Jews more positively. But that warmth is not mutual: despite evangelicals’ warm feelings toward Jews, Jews tend to give evangelicals a much cooler rating (34 on average).


http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/

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