2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumObama winning the Jewish vote in FL by 40-points
FL exit poll: Obama winning Jewish vote by 40 points. 40 points. Nice work, Sheldon Adelson.
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TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)aaaaaa5a
(4,686 posts)I believe he had 74% of the jewish vote in 2008.
That is the story of the night. The presidents coalition is holding.
Time to yank that stupid sign from the shul site - someone slapped a Rmoney/Ryan to a house next to the shul (which is now owned by the same entity) - and it's illegal.
Exit polls often wrong, not but this much.
leftlibdem420
(256 posts)By an overwhelming majority, American Jews care more about social and economic issues in America than they do about Hosni Mubarak's BFFs in Israel.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)So there may have been some bleeding.
Or maybe that's ( 75-25 ) is just up here ( NYC).
panAmerican
(1,206 posts)Behind the Aegis
(56,214 posts)Oh wait...no it isn't. I am guessing water is still wet too.
A lot of people don't realize that the older generation of Jews tended to be very strongly in favor of civil rights for African Americans, donated generously to the NAACP and such.
smorkingapple
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