Zogby sending out another poll

[CatWoman]

and this story was at the end of the poll:

Jews overwhelmingly support Kerry

Three years of extraordinarily close relations with Israel, tough talk toward the Palestinians and historic decisions favoring the Jewish state have done virtually nothing to build support for President Bush among U.S. Jewish voters, according to new data from a Democratic pollster. Likely U.S. Jewish voters favor Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) over Bush by 75 percent to 22 percent in the coming presidential election, according to a poll published Monday by the National Jewish Democratic Council.

With a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, that’s a statistical tie with the 19 percent Bush scored among Jewish voters in the 2000 elections, according to exit polls at the time — and bad news for Republicans scrambling for Jewish voters in key swing states like Florida.

“There’s been literally no progress in outreach to the Jewish community on the part of the Bush administration and the Bush campaign,” said Anna Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a firm with ties to the Democratic Party. The firm carried out the poll of 817 respondents from July 26-28.

Republicans immediately blasted the results.

http://interactive.zogby.com/s/inew.cfm?ID=216625&pass=mkb8cdcgov

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Why does this matter?

Jews only comprise 2.2% of the population. The only place I see it mattering is Florida, and even there, they're only 3.9%

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/usjewpop.html

[CatWoman]

2. I think every good bit of news matters

don't you?

Plus, it pissed off the Republicans. That carries a LOT of weight with me.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. Oh, I agree, I just don't know why it's important enough to poll

You don't see such polls of Asian-Americans, or Italian-Americans, after all...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. No- Most Polls Have Separate Categories For Asian-Americans

especially the exit polls...

[DaveFL99]

3. Only 2.2%

that's VERY hard to believe.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Don't take my word for it. Follow the link.

It's run by a Jewish organization. You think they're lying?

[AndyTiedye]

4. Bush Isn't Supporting Israel, He's Propping Up the Likud Party in Israel

Not the same thing!

[tritsofme]

5. "According to new data from a Democratic pollster"

That's nice, now someone can come get me when we have results from a non-partisian pollster.

They mean as much to me as do results from Zogby Interactive polls.