[Optimist]

Liberalism is so prevalent in most Jewish circles, that if the Jewish lobby had the opportunity to affect Israeli policy, they would require confiscation of all guns in Israel and removal of armed soldiers from the streets ... after all we dont want to antagonize the situation.

But seriously many of my fellow Jews distrust the Palestinians as vehemently as anyone, its just that the DemocRAT mindset has been ingrained into them for over 50 years ... I cant explain it, and they dont even realize the contradiction they live with.

As much as stereotypes are abhorred, many still think of conservatives and Republicans in the old trite images that we constantly have to correct.

[College Repub]

Optimist is on the mark. While there are many Jews who are progrssives (in fact many progressive movements are led by Jews), as a whole, I think most Jews are moderates. Why then 80% democrat support? Well, the fact that the C.C is aligned with the Republican Party is a huge factor. And most Jews are not aware that Chrsitians support the state of Israel (or the CC types)...it's simply not something known to them, I don't know how else I can put it...

[lara]

You don't have to explain. I understand exactly what you mean. My family, Iowa farmer going way back, always voted for the dems. But some of us realized the party changed and no longer represented our values. We found a new home with the Republican party. But there were some in my family, who shall remain nameless, who stuck with the dems, because that's just what they were and always had been. Good reason. I'm proud of my parents, though. After being life long dems, they were the first to switch.