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uti2
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« on: August 13, 2016, 09:23:38 PM »

Never. We will never join the xenophobic, racist party, having been victims of that stuff so many times.

Jews are becoming Republican slowly.  If the GOP dropped their religious fundamentalist stance, more Jews would become Republicans, as many of the Jews I know are socially moderate to liberal, but conservative in economics.  On the other hand, Jews are represented in disproportionate numbers to their numbers in the general population in the fields of law and education, and two of the GOP's top targets are trial lawyers and teacher unions, so many Jews have their economic livelihoods at least somewhat tied up with the Democratic Party.  

I would not be surprised if Jews, as a group, become split-ticket voters; more Republican for President, but Democratic in down-ballot races.



Jews are also some of the least religious, so are Asians.

Republicans can't drop religious fundamentalism because that's what they use for their base + for their outreach for 'hispanics', but that is exactly why jews/asians will never vote GOP. Ironically, they're in a box, because whites and even hispanics are becoming slightly less religious over time.
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 12:00:57 AM »

It sure as hell won't happen this year with a white nationalist sympathizer leading the GOP ticket.

It won't either way as long as they stick to socon policies and the religious christian agenda in general. Same goes for asians.
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2016, 12:01:14 AM »

I really don't think that Israel is that big of an issue for many American Jews other then those who maybe have family ties to the country. It's tough for me to see American Jews trending towards the GOP given that it's tough to see them moving away from Trumpism in the future and I really can't see a Ted Cruz type winning much more then 20% max of the Jewish vote. I also don't think Jewish millennials are politically all that different from the rest of their generation.
They're trending towards the GOP because the Democratic Party wants Palestinian voters. How can they sit by and watch Palestinians get access to the platform?

Because many Jews support an independent Palestine.

As long as Hillary's Democratic Party continues to run the program and platform, then LLR's comment is 100% true. She's relatively pro-Israel and pro-two state solution, which is a good balance for most American Jews.

However, If Bernie's nutso supporters who burned Israeli flags/snubbed Jewish support for BLM become a plurality, or a majority, than there will be a fracturing in the Jewish vote, I think.



Reality is that Bernie was an aberration in terms of his FP, even bernie-type dems who may be fairly left economically, are still relatively hawkish like Warren, Gabbard, etc.
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