What if a formerly Jewish convert to Christianity ran for President?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They don't belong to Jews for Jesus or any nutty groups like that. They are simply someone who was raised Jewish and then converted to some fairly generic and mostly inoffensive form of Christianity, and are pretty much generic D or generic R otherwise, like if Hillary Clinton or John Kasich were raised Jewish.

Would this have any effect at all on the election? If they're a Democrat do they lose the Jewish vote or do most Jews just not care? If a Republican could this cause the Hasidic block voting to swing against them?

[Figueira]

I doubt the majority of Jews would care enough to vote for the other party because of it. Not sure about Orthodox Jews, though.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Don't Orthodox Jews vote based on social issues?  If so, I doubt they'd vote Democrat.

[Kingpoleon]

>comparing Kasich and Hillary on the political spectrum

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

>comparing Kasich and Hillary on the political spectrum

Reading comprehension? I was using them as an example of generic D and generic R respectively  and each as "generic Christian".

[Kingpoleon]

>comparing Kasich and Hillary on the political spectrum

Reading comprehension? I was using them as an example of generic D and generic R respectively  and each as "generic Christian".

Rubio and O'Malley seem more apt comparisons.

[Figueira]

>comparing Kasich and Hillary on the political spectrum

Reading comprehension? I was using them as an example of generic D and generic R respectively  and each as "generic Christian".

Rubio and O'Malley seem more apt comparisons.

Catholicism is more generic than Protestantism?

[SATW]

Jason Chaffetz would apply for Republicans, I guess. Only Orthodox, Modern Orthodox and some conservadox (conservative jews who lean orthodox) Jews would have an issue with a candidate like this.

[SATW]

actually, secular and reform Jews who vote democrat would use this as another reason to not vote Republican. Many progressive Jews already see as the GOP as unwelcoming to Jews.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Howard Phillips ran in 1992, 1996, and 2000.

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Don't Orthodox Jews vote based on social issues?  If so, I doubt they'd vote Democrat.

Significantly less often than one would think.

Anyway, it would probably make a good portion of the Jewish electorate and some hard-core Christians angry, but I doubt it would have that much of an effect overall.

[Young Conservative]

Don't Orthodox Jews vote based on social issues?  If so, I doubt they'd vote Democrat.

Significantly less often than one would think.

Anyway, it would probably make a good portion of the Jewish electorate and some hard-core Christians angry, but I doubt it would have that much of an effect overall.

Pew did a poll showing Orthodox are actually fairly conservative

[RFayette]

If the candidate were a Republican, it would only serve as another reason for most Jewish Democrats to vote against them.  For conservative Orthodox Jews, I assume they'd probably still support said candidate, so long as he/she was pro-Israel.

If the candidate were a Democrat, he/she would do absolutely terrible among Orthodox Jews (somewhat worse than normal) but it shouldn't affect the votes of more moderate/secular Jews at all.