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J St. poll: Most Jews vote for Obama but don't like his policies toward Israel

A poll by J Street admits that most American Jews don't support President Obama's policies on Israel, but most of them will vote for him anyway.

Obama currently enjoys 63 percent of the American Jewish vote compared to 24% for Mitt Romney and 67% when facing off against Michele Bachmann, who received 19% support, according to the poll.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Bachmann, a Minnesota Congresswoman, are leading polls of announced contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Polling in 2008 showed Obama with a similar lead over his Republican competitor John McCain, though he ended up garnering 78% of the Jewish vote according to exit polls.

The J Street poll also showed much higher Jewish approval ratings for Obama than most other American constituencies, finding that 60% approve of the way he is handling his job. An aggregate of other polls shows that his national approval ratings are in the mid-40s.

However, Jewish opinion on his performance on the Middle East was much more negative. Fifty-six percent said they disapproved of the way he is handling the Arab-Israeli conflict, with 44% approving.

Still, Obama received a higher favorability rating – 56 – than Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – 50 – and any of the Republican personalities or groups surveyed. The Tea Party (12) and Glenn Beck (10) did particularly poorly, even though the latter is due to stage a massive rally in Israel next month.

Stupid Jews. They don't think. They just vote Democrat.

By the way, the poll was taken by Jim Gerstein who is on J Street's board, so you can take it with a small grain of salt.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, J Street

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:56 PM