A new Pew poll tell us that support for the Democratic Party has declined from 38 to 34 percent. Moreover, in a finding that will like give the president’s Jewish supporters hives, we learn:
Even Jewish voters, who have traditionally been and remain one of the strongest Democratic constituencies, have moved noticeably in the Republican direction; Jewish voters favored the Democrats by a 52-point margin in 2008 but now prefer the Democratic Party by a significantly smaller 36-point margin.
Support for the GOP among Jews has gone from 20 to 29 percent since 2008, while support for the Democratic Party has declined from 72 to 65 percent.
One of two things (perhaps both) is at play here. First, Obama’s Israel stance has concerned, if not angered, many Jews. And second, Jewish voters, like many Americans, are fed up with Obama’s job performance. Indeed, it’s so bad, even the historic attachment to the Democratic Party is not enough to prevent a steep drop off in support.
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Given that frum Jews are social conservatives, and frei Jews tend to be affluent, its natural that Jewish support for the Republicans will increase over time. Demographics are a factor. Due to law birth and death rates, the non-Orthodox Jewish community consists primarily of “Greatest generation” and their boomer children – who tend to still be “New Deal” democrats, whereas the younger Jews are increasing Orthodox with no fond memories of the Roosevelt coalition. So as the Jews who remember Roosevelt and the Democrats as their saviors die off, and are replace with social conservatives who feel we were stabbed in the back the the Democrats – of course the Democratic percentage will fall.
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