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frazzled

(18,402 posts)
9. Whoa
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 07:55 AM
Nov 2022

Back up there. You’ve made some sweeping statements about “the Jews” and what they believe and what they understand, as if the minority of Jewish voters (a minuscule demographic in itself) who have voted Republican in recent years represents some kind of bloc called “the Jews.”

Here are the facts for the recent midterms:

The Election Night poll, conducted by GBAO and commissioned by the pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy group J Street, found that Jewish voters supported Democrats over Republicans 74-25, a 49-point margin. 55 percent of Jewish voters cited “the state of democracy” as their top voting issue, while 40 percent cited abortion. A striking 76 percent said that they believe Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party are responsible for a rise in antisemitism and white supremacy – while 74 percent believe that Trump and the MAGA movement are “a threat to Jews in America.”

https://jstreet.org/press-releases/national-election-night-survey-of-jewish-voters-finds-overwhelming-support-for-democrats-opposition-to-trump-and-the-far-right/#.Y4Xs7i1MH4A


Polling for the 2020 presidential election showed similar results, with 77 to 78% of Jewish voters casting their votes for Biden.

It’s as if you had taken a quote from the Times from a Black male who had voted for Trump and decided what “the Blacks” understood or believed. This kind of thinking is part of the problem itself, and perpetuates wrongful ideas. Racial or religious groups are not homogeneous blocs, and you cannot take the few and apply it to the whole. I’m sorry to have to point this out.



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