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But I think what will happen, and IS happening, is a gradual peeling away of more and more Jewish voters, particularly religious Jews and Orthodox Jews.

I don't know if you caught this Sultan Knish article: www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2915503/posts

Abortion as a Liberal Jewish value has been a stunning success. In New York City, where Sanger first set up shop, 74 percent of all Jewish children are members of the traditionalist Orthodox religious group. Liberal Jews are already panicking over the prospect of a future Jewish population in New York City that is staunchly conservative and religious.

A recent survey of New York City Jews also shows a nearly even split between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. 46 percent of New York Jews are planning to vote against Obama, and a majority of New York City Jews think that Romney would be better at fixing the economy than B.O. But it is only to be expected that the group for whom abortion isn't a Jewish value would come to outnumber the group for whom abortion is a Jewish value.

They will support the Democrats. For secular American Jews,who get their values from sitcoms and late night comics, the degradation of the culture—homosexual “rights”, unrestricted subsidized abortion, limits on the religious freedom of Christians—trumps the economy. And they no longer care at all about Israel. Their voting impact is minimal and, although their money is important, its always gone to Democrats. This conversation is a waste of time.

Thank you for that link.

In many ways, the liberal Jewish voting block mirrors “Cafeteria Catholics” and liberal Protestants. While Strict Catholics and Funadamentalist Protestants mirror Orthodox Jews in their values, voting records and world views.