American Jews are still mystifyingly Democratic. I put it down to fear of the religious right. But since September 11, Jewish voters have seen the biggest proportional jump in support for the president. Maybe many are realizing that in this epic global struggle, Bush is a far more reliable friend than many in the Democratic Party. Here’s Gallup’s summary:
Bush approval went up slightly more among the Jewish population than among either Protestants or Catholics. The increase was 19 percentage points among Protestants, 24 points among Catholics, and 30 points among Jews. Thus, while the difference between Jews and Protestants in Bush approval was 26 percentage points in the surveys conducted before Sept. 11, 2001, it narrowed to only 15 percentage points in the surveys conducted after the terrorist attacks. The same general pattern of narrowing differences in this approval number occurred between Catholics and Jews.
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