Posted on 10/16/2004 6:43:03 AM PDT by veronica
(CPOD) Oct. 15, 2004 – Many Israeli adults want George W. Bush to earn a second term as president of the United States, according to a poll by Dialog published in Haaretz. 50 per cent of respondents want the Republican incumbent to win the Nov. 2 election, while 24 per cent would choose Democratic nominee John Kerry.
In April, Bush backed the "Disengagement Plan" tabled by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, which calls for the redeployment of forces along new security lines, as well as changes in settlements to reduce the number of Israelis living among Palestinians. 40 per cent of respondents say their opinion about the U.S. is better than it was three years ago.
Kerry has vowed to provide "genuine resolve and direct personal involvement to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
Polling Data
Who would you prefer to win the presidential election in the United States on Nov. 2 - Republican George W. Bush or Democrat John Kerry?
George W. Bush (R) 50%
John Kerry (D) 24%
Either / Neither/ Unsure 26%
Over the past three years, would you say your opinion about the U.S. is better or worse?
Better 40%
Worse 26%
Source: Dialog / Haaretz Methodology: Telephone interviews to 522 Israeli adults, conducted on Sept. 22 and Sept. 23, 2004. Margin of error is 4.38 per cent.
That's an increase of over 50%, not the "15%-20%" of your previous post. Which is it?
"Try to be encouraged about the progress."
The only progress I see is in the forecast.
The only progress I see is in the forecast.
Fine, all forecasts point toward a significant increase in the Jewish vote from last election, so you should be encouraged.
What makes you say that? Wishful thinking?
"Washington, DC: A just-released survey demonstrates that despite a four-year effort, GOP attempts to woo the Jewish vote for President Bush have failed, with likely Jewish voters preferring Senator Kerry over President Bush by a whopping 75-22 percent margin -- essentially identical to the 76-21 percent margin by which the same respondents voted for then-Vice President Al Gore over then-Governor Bush in 2000."
-- njdc.org
Jeez, undecided beat Kerry too!
The projected stats you posted above differ from the ones I've seen lately. Well, we should know more come this time next month.
Votes, shmotes, but what about those Jews pulling the strings in MSM and opening their purses to defeat Bush?
everybody e-mail this to jewish friends here
Yep. maybe even more than that.
However, american jews living in israel tend to be way more conservative than american jews living on the east coast.
So, that margin may not be so true of the americans living in israel
THIS Jew is voting Bush.
Jews are excellent "string pullers", aren't they? So much power, so few people. Amazing, really. They're the cabal behind both President Bush's foreign policy AND John Kerry's election bid. < / sarc >
A poll by a DNC-connected group.
Why are you so negative about the notion of Jews supporting Bush? FReepers who act like that are not helping Bush, they are just nattering nabobs of negativism.
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