73% of “religious Jews” voted Republican in 2008? I find that very hard to believe. If you meant to say “Orthodox Jews,” I guess that’s possible, but it still sounds a bit high to me.
BTW, in NY-09 last Tuesday, a survey commissioned on electjon day by the National Organization for Marriage found that Orthodox Jews gave Republican Bob Turner 91% of the vote, but that only 31% (IIRC) of other Jews (including Conservative, Reform and secular Jews) voted for Turner.
If we can get just 40% of the overall Jewish vote, we nail down FL and VA and probably OH and NV, make PA, MI and NJ too close to call, and will be competitive in CT, IL and CA.
I’ve never met a “religious” Jew. I’ve met many Jews that have no religion. They vote Dim.
This is a big deal which is not often discussed. Orthodox Jews are just as conservative as southern Evangelicals. And while secular "Jews" are having abortions , 1 or 2 children, intermarrying or turning gay, Orthos are having 8 kids per family, on average. Demographics is destiny. 20 years from now the DNC will no longer be able to include Jews as one of their voting blocs.