Report: Romney Doing Better Than Reagan With Jewish Voters
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 10:05 PM
Barack Obama invited Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi to meet with him in New York at the UN.
But, he blew off Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lectured Barack Obama in the Oval Office on the dangers facing the Jews back in May 2011.
According to select polls Mitt Romney is doing better with Jewish voters than Ronald Reagan did thirty two years ago.
Frontpage reported:
The IBD tracking polls have been shifting in and out when it comes to the Jewish vote, but over the last week it’s been a close race between Romney and Obama. And in the last week, Romney has been consistently ahead of Reagan’s share of the Jewish vote. And in some polls, even the share of every Republican in the last 100 years.
While Reagan did receive the highest share of the Jewish vote in the last 50 years, Eisenhower did better in 1956. Hughes and Harding pulled in 43-45 percent in the 1916-1920 elections, but that was before Eastern European immigration processed through the educational systems of the burgeoning liberal state transformed the American Jewish community from a conservative Spanish-German group into what it is now.
New Deal fanaticism gave FDR and Truman a tremendous share of the Jewish vote that began to fall off in the 50s as depression and war gave way to prosperity and suburbanization. Stevenson’s hostility to Israel may have helped bring Eisenhower to nearly Hughes and Harding levels, but it’s likely that comfort and stability played a larger role with Eisenhower picking up 4 percent more in his second election.
Jews chose the JFK/LBJ dynasty over Nixon, but drifted away from McGovern and back to Nixon, so that Nixon in 72 had a higher percentage of the Jewish vote than any Republican until Reagan, giving him the 2nd highest share of the Jewish vote in the last 50 years. Carter had the lowest share of the Jewish vote for a Democrat, so there’s no doubt that his anti-Israel attitude hurt him, but so did the economy. And it’s important to remember that most of Reagan’s 39 percent were also part of Nixon’s 35 percent.
The Jewish vote, like the national vote, is somewhat cyclical. There’s a liberal share of the pie that is unwinnable, but also has no long term future for simple demographic reasons that are already taking hold in New York City. And there is a share that is up for grabs.
The cycle now appears to be shifting away from the Democrats who have blown the economy and the Middle East, both issues of concern to Jewish voters and all voters.
Russian Jews overwhelmingly support Mitt Romney this year.
Harvard professor Ruth Wisse says Jews should support Mitt Romney.
More… Obama, Oy Vey! American Jews Finally Have Had Enough
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bg commented:
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October 17, 2012
Gallup: Romney 51, Obama 45
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get back to work commented:
Racist and offensive comment removed.
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mg4us commented:
Is it me or did anyone else notice there was no question on israel during the Hofstra debate even though many jews live in NY and Nassau County. . .
I smell something fishy in the candy jar. . .something not kosher about the debate. . .
In the meantime
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/obama_the_affirmative_action_president.html
Look-Out commented:
You better believe they should support Romney. I never thought America could have a President who’d treat our best friend and ally so deplorably. Frightening, really. Get the word out. But this report is very encouraging.
Redwine commented:
Some of my coreligionists are finally coming around to rational thought.
Oliver commented:
Related: WHY ISN’T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THE “FAST & FURIOUS” TYPE OPERATION BEING RUN IN SYRIA?
http://nation.foxnews.com/syria/2012/10/16/obamas-fast-and-furious-program-syria-aiding-al-qaeda
Richard W commented:
So glad Romney pulled through with a solid win last night: http://newsly.us/moderator-crowley-says-romney-right
And he’ll have the last laugh when he wins the election!
donh commented:
and yet there are still 60% of jews who will vote to condemn their brothers in Israel to a certain death rather than jeopardize so much as 5c in cuts to their cozy spoiled government institutional jobs managing Lenin’s revolution as 4th generation bolsheviks .
Flintstone F. commented:
Obama won’t be able to avoid the Israel question on Monday night. A smaller audience is all he’ll be able to count on.
Obama is also doing much worse in almost every demographic compared to 2008.
Romney represents a traditional alliance with the only stable democracy (they’re democratic, but they don’t belong to the “Democratic” party of the US. That would make them “Democratics,” formerly known as Democrats of the Democrat party) in the region and Obama has done nothing but flip the bird to our ally. Easy call for any half awake voter.
bg commented:
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re: Oliver #7 – page 1 October 17, 2012 at 10:42 pm
if this is true, then there’s much more to it.. *sigh*
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bg commented:
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Richard W #8 – page 1 October 17, 2012 at 10:45 pm
doesn’t matter..
October 16, 2012
Obama built that DemocRAT trap!!
SERIOUSLY, if Obama did say that, then he has just tightened the
noose around his own neck, and Candy helped him climb the tree,
while millions watched and listened..
September 12, 2012
President Obama speaks on the attack on Benghazi – Libya
[“then last night we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi” at 3:47;
“no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation” at 4:18..
due to what he stated in between, and albeit he DID NOT DIRECTLY CALL
BENGHAZI A TERRORIST ATTACK sounds to me like IT MAY HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED..]
but that is truly irrelevant, and a huge distraction
at this point in time.. because the FACT remains:
Obama can NEVER say he didn’t know that the consulate was attacked
by terrorists on September 11, 2012, not that we didn’t already know
that he already knew on September 4, 2012, and have proof of it, but
it’s a beautiful thing when the truly guilty admit they LIED, even if, and
especially when, they don’t realize it..
September 14, 2012
Obama administration warned of possible
attacks, but failed to take precautions
[Sources close to U.S. President Barack Obama's administration revealed that White House officials apparently received warnings that there were threats made to attack as many as seven U.S. missions in the Middle East, on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as early as September 4. Sources also revealed that additional warnings were received a few days later, with similar information, but that all of the warnings were largely ignored by the administration. Normally when such warnings are received by the administration, the threat level is raised at U.S. installations around the world. At this point, there is no evidence that the Obama administration communicated the warnings with Consular officials in Libya or Egypt in advance of attacks that took place Monday in Benghazi, Libya and Cairo, Egypt, leaving the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans dead, with eight others wounded, including some U.S. military personnel.]
one of my favorite sayings is:
“give them enough rope and they hang themselves”
anyone who thinks that is a RACIST
statement is intellectually dishonest
and needs to get over their high and
mighty judgmentally appointed self..
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Oliver commented:
#12 BG – thanks for the links, and OMG — ” The State Department website lists no consulate in Benghazi”. This is HUGE.
Highlander commented:
The Jewish community would do well to support Romney… More of THIS is what they can expect out of Obama ….
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/17/watchdogs-oppose-appointment-israel-critic-al-marayati-to-us-delegation/
bg commented:
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Oliver #16 October 18, 2012 at 12:13 am
not jumping to any conclusions, that
may very well be the “safehouse”..
and you’re welcome..
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
OT
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/virginia-teacher-charged-with-assault-girls-hand-cut-in-forced-islamic-hand-sign-drill/#
Getting worse.
Limousine Barry commented:
What’s wrong?
In 2008 I took the Jews money and their vote. Then I promptly screwed them!
I have been to Pakistan. I have put my butt in the air and prayed to Allah! I learned to hate the Jews… but I need their votes!
After the second debate my campaign is sucking air and David Axelrod has a new scam for my Jewish donors. Its a variation of the Taqiyya scam.
Taqiyya allows me to legally lie to the Jews while taking their money. It’s perfectly legal in Sharia Law… and most of the 57 states. I say take the Jew’s money and feed them into the meat grinder!
If you like the way that I put the Jews in danger of extermination while taking their money – then vote for me!
And, this is super important. Send me $46,666.99 before midnight. My campaign is going bust. My suckatude has sky rocketed along with gas prices. Good day
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