Posted on 08/17/2004 10:26:07 AM PDT by white trash redneck
A new poll commissioned by the National Jewish Democratic Council says American Jews will still vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, despite US President George W. Bush's policies toward Israel, which have been widely praised by the Jewish community.
The poll, released on Monday, said American Jews preferred Kerry to Bush by a 75 to 22 percent margin. The survey of 817 likely Jewish voters was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research between July 26 and 28, and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent.
Respondents said in 2000 they had voted for Vice President Al Gore over Bush by a similar margin of 76 to 21 percent.
Exit polls in 2000 showed Gore won 79 percent of the Jewish vote, and Bush 19 percent.
"The White House and (President Bush's political adviser) Karl Rove in particular have expended a lot of resources on this Jewish vote. Just like with Hispanics, they've come up with zero," said Ira Forman, executive director of NJDC.
Matthew Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, a rival group, discounted the survey's results since the poll was taken during the Democratic Convention in Boston.
"I discount these findings because this poll was taken right in the middle of the Democratic Convention, right in the middle of a massive deluge of Kerry press coverage," Brooks said.
"We stand firmly committed to the notion that President Bush will do substantially better among Jewish voters than he did in 2000," Brooks added.
Another survey of American Jewish opinion in January found that 31 percent of Jews would support Bush when matched with Kerry, who was not yet the nominee at the time.
The new NJDC survey said 66 percent found Kerry to be better on the issue of Israel, while 34 percent found Bush to be. Only 23 percent of respondents felt the country was moving in the right direction, while 77 percent said it was on the wrong track. Twenty-five percent approved strongly or somewhat of the way Bush is handling his job as president, while 75 percent disapproved strongly or somewhat.
A new national Zogby survey released Monday showed Kerry ahead of Bush 47 to 43 percent. Without Independent Ralph Nader and other candidates the lead stretched to 50 to 43 percent.
I believe there was a poll done recently where the majority of the Israeli Jews polled preferred Bush over Kerry.
[singing] "tradition, tradition, Tradition!"
What can possibly be the reason for this? Are Jews more anti-Christian than pro-Israel?
I know what you mean. I think Kerry would be Carter II, and this is a very bad time for a Carter II. We're lucky enough to have survived the original.
Does this poll include Forida's 'Orange County'?
It is as amazing to me that Jews would vote for the party of anti-Semitism as it is that blacks vote the party of racism. They've all lost their minds.
just look at unions members, vote to take their own guns away and raise their taxes...among other things
Its like cows voting for Hamburger Helper.
Dream on. It Ain't gonna happen. Not in our life time.
Correct. The harsh reality in which they live on a daily basis brings good sense.
All you have to know to determine that the results of that poll are statistically biased is to see who conducted it.
The only question is what percentage of the Jewish vote will Bush actually get. An intuitive guess is somewhere in the 30s. Although that might not seem like much, if Bush had done that in Florida in 2000, there would have been no recount circus.
I can't stand how they want their cake and eat it too. Let these groups finally bear the consequences of their actions. We are damned if we do, damned if we don't. If these groups don't have negative consequences put upon them by their choices, then they will continue to support Democrats at no cost to their pork. The Reps in the pass ignored such block voting against them and not there is a good chance Bush will lose in Nov b/c of it.
That needs a self-genocide alert!
Can a people really be that dumb at times?
According to this poll, yes.
Makes me understand what Moses was put through coming down from the mountain with the 10 commandments.
Even his own brother was doing the wrong thing, so this is a historic pattern of getting things wrong at times.
How can a people known for good business sense seem to lack total common sense at times?
I don't buy it. Consider the source!
The one good thing you can say about Carter -- he was so bad, he made it possible for Reagan to get elected. As far as I can see, that is the only service he ever rendered to the United States.
Agree ... combine the fact that Jews typically vote democ'Rat' and Kerry can claim (honestly, for once) that he has Jewish ancestry ... on his father's side of the family. Of course, Kerry being Kerry, led Massachusett voters to believe he was of Irish extraction for most of his political career.
Good point. But the majority of Jews don't belong to unions. They have grossly misplaced paranoia if you ask me.
My thoughts exactly.
Well isn't this a kick in the junk! If they got their wish it would be hard to feel any empathy for the adverse consequenses they would suffer.
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