Polls show Trump is doing at least as well generic Republican presidential candidates despite the onslaught of the JewE (the Jewish Establishment).<\/p>\n
Shmuel Rosner writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n Jonathan Chait highlights the fact that Jewish neoconservatives were quick to jump off the Trump wagon. \u201cTrump has struck at the heart of Jewish neoconservatism at a level deeper than mere doctrine,\u201d he writes. But as the latest Gallup poll shows, the percentage of Jews who still have a positive outlook on Trump is not insignificant: 23% (compared to 52% for Clinton). According to Gallup, \u201cJewish views are by no means monolithic. A little more than half have a favorable view of Clinton, and nearly a fourth have a favorable view of Trump.\u201d Last week, a survey in Florida showed Clinton leading Trump among Jews in the Sunshine State 66% to 23%. Polls show Trump is doing at least as well generic Republican presidential candidates despite the onslaught of the JewE (the Jewish Establishment). Shmuel Rosner writes: Jonathan Chait highlights the fact that Jewish neoconservatives were quick to jump off the Trump … Continue reading
\nAre you impressed by this number? The Forward used words such as \u201csweeping\u201d and \u201clandslide\u201d in its story about the survey. Tablet Magazine used the word \u201cwhopping\u201d in its headline. The Times of Israel wrote \u201ccrushing.\u201d But I think that the NY Jewish Week’s more measured headline \u2013 Change Vote? Not for Jews in Sunshine State \u2013 is the better one. In fact, I might go even further and put a headline such as: Trump hasn\u2019t lost the Jewish vote.
\nIn other words: the fact that Clinton leads over Trump is hardly a surprise. When Jewish party identification tilts so heavily toward the Democratic Party, you would not expect it to be any other way. If there is a surprise in the two latest Jewish poll numbers, it is that Trump, with all of his problems, still has a chance to collect as many Jewish votes as Mitt Romney collected four years ago, and more votes than John McCain received eight years ago. That is to say: Many \u201cneocons\u201d are GOP Jews \u2013 but many GOP Jews are not neocons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"