A new poll of American Jews

Incomprehensible. How can they admire his qualities honesty, leadership, intelligence yet have deep concern regarding his policies. 57% of this sample are democrats yet only 43% are certain they would vote for him. The rest would consider someone else. How is it possible to be so strongly against his policies yet 43% are certain they would vote for him. Ted Belman

By Jennifer Rubin, WaPo

There is more fodder for the debate on the state of Jewish public opinion in America:

    In a poll conducted by Democrat Pat Caddell and Republican John McLaughlin for the non-partisan organization Secure America Now http://www.secureamericanow.org/, American Jewish voters expressed admiration for many of President Obama’s personal qualities (honesty, leadership, intelligence…) they also expressed deep concern about the state of Israel/US relations and policies being championed by the Obama Administration.

    93% are concerned about Israel being threatened by Arab nations and Iran that want to destroy Israel.

    81% are against Israel being forced to return to its pre-1967 borders.

    81% agree with the Administration as they oppose the UN recognizing a Palestinian State

    76% are concerned about Islamic terrorism committed in the US by American born Muslims

    73% believe Jerusalem should remain the united capital of Israel and only 8% support that the US should force Israel to give away parts of Jerusalem.

    88% believes that a prerequisite for Palestinian Statehood is their recognition of Israel as a Jewish State.

    And by a 54-21 majority they feel that the Arab Spring has made the world more dangerous for Israel.

    That this divide may have political consequences can be seen in the answers to the following: Despite a job approval rating of 63% for President Obama, only two in five Jewish voters (43%) say they would vote to re-elect President Obama. The plurality (48%) would consider someone else and 9% are undecided.

The poll is of 600 American Jews. The partisan sample is as follows: Democratic (57%), Republican (17%) and independent (23%). Divided by ideology the respondents were Liberal (39%), Moderate (34%) & Conservative (23%). In 2008 these respondents votes broke down as follows: Obama (65%), McCain (24%), Other (2%) and Did Not Vote-Not Registered Then (3%).

In addition to the figures above, a telling result is that 26 percent think Obama favors Israel, 31 percent think he favors the Palestinians and 43 percent refuse to state or don’t know. Among Republicans that split is 11/67%. Among independents it is 18/41%.

On whether they would vote for Obama or consider someone else the breakdown by party is: Democrats (64/28 %), Republicans (2/95%) and independents (25/60%).

A few takeaways jump out at me. First, independents react much closer to Republicans than to Democrats. Second, even among Democrats, there is significant disapproval of Obama’s approach to Israel (36% disapprove). And finally, there is enormous concern across party lines about how Obama would treat Israel were he given a second term. Ninety-one percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Democrats and 69 percent of independents registered concern.

There is a reason why the White House is going on a spin offensive to keep Jewish voters from drifting away. His policies have upset a great number of them, regardless of party.

 

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  1. @TMRThe Messiah is an evil man. He is probably the worst President in history, surpassing even Jimmuh.

    And since you lib/commies are followers of the-ends-justify-the-means Saul Alinsky. Who knows what you believe except the lust for power that the Democrat party — the Communist Party posesses.

  2. Obama has lied less than any president America has had since Carter. Bush Jr. was a constant liar. He dragged us into the war in Iraq over a series of lies. Obama has lied about what? He said he was moderate. He’s playing moderate. I preferred Hillary, and I’m not terribly happy with how Obama is allowing the Republican moron machine to run everything into the ground, but he’s been honest all along. His foreign policy is also abysmal, especially in the Middle East and Israel. He’s just not a liar.

    If, after the release of his long form birth certificates by the State of Hawaii, you still don’t believe he’s American born, you need to seek psychological help. You also need to learn about the real world. It’s absolutely pitiful.

  3. I am a proud American Jew. I never respected obama and his agenda.I did not vote for him(or any other democrat- Jew or gentile).I was not very fond of Bush but he is not the liar that obama is!

  4. @TMR – Birther is a smear term to relate people who refused to be snowed by the con man as regards a poor fogeries as truthers; i.e., relate them to those who believe the U.S.government did 9/11.

    Since The Messiah does things such aa THIS, I don’t feel any guilt pangs in questioning him or his smiley face birth certificate. Maybe the man/infant is your President, but his infantile actions make me glad I did not vote for him.

  5. @ Underzog:
    Underzog Said:

    Okay Yamit…. What did you invent (you used a double negative in a sentence 🙂 ?

    That’s me, Mr. double negative 😛 Equals a positive; so I guess I can take credit for inventing the hanging ashtray.

  6. @ Underzog:
    Underzog Said:

    Jews invented psychology yet they won’t deal with evil? Evil is around the Jews at every generation. It now comes from the Muslims and their sympathizers. Unless Jews try to get a grasp on the evil opposing them instead of doing the destructive navel gazing of self hatred, we will continue to die and possibly in the millions.
    Reply – Quote

    I’m a Jew and I didn’t invent nothin.

  7. This poll shows that a majority of Jews do not understand human nature. The Messiah is not an honest man; he is evil! Because he won’t reveal his real birth certificate (if he even has one in this country), he is a liar to boot.

    Jews invented psychology yet they won’t deal with evil? Evil is around the Jews at every generation. It now comes from the Muslims and their sympathizers. Unless Jews try to get a grasp on the evil opposing them instead of doing the destructive navel gazing of self hatred, we will continue to die and possibly in the millions.

  8. Interesting as I find this poll, I can’t help but be sceptical that the sample is representative, given that in the 2008 election “these respondents votes broke down as follows: Obama (65%)…,” when the 2008 results actually reported that 78% of Jews voted for the Bummer. Thus the poll seems to significantly under-represent Obama supporters by 13%, skewing the results. Of course, it’s possible that those 13% were now too embarrassed to admit they vote for the Incompetent One.

  9. Qaddafi Delegation Visits Israel
    July 12, 2011 – 10:59 pm – by Michael J. Totten

    Moammar Qaddafi is now so desperate to stay in power that he sent an official delegation to Israel. The delegation hoped to change Israeli perception of Qaddafi’s dying regime. It’s a bit late for that, but my hat’s off to the crazy old man for trying. I can’t imagine the Syrian or Iranian governments even considering that kind of stunt.

    I can’t help but wonder: does Qaddafi take the myth of overwhelming Jewish power so seriously that he thinks Israel can pull the plug on NATO’s campaign against him?

  10. American Jews: Obama uber alles

    Instead of coming out openly against Obama and his Jewish supporters, Netanyahu continues to be nice to the US president who openly hates him.

    Israel’s policy of non-partisanship in US elections is mere cowardice, as the White House has no qualms about intruding into Israeli elections and party politics.

  11. Polls in general are bullshit. This poll is a particularly bullshitty push poll. Throw the numbers away. Pat Caddell is as much a Democrat as I am a Muslim.