(JTA) -- Jewish voters overwhelmingly favor former Vice President Joe Biden over Sen. Bernie Sanders

[Iamaartist]

https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/national_news/jewish-voters-overwhelmingly-prefer-joe-biden-for-democratic-nominee-poll/article_0042c58d-30e2-565f-a2c5-662f44688dcf.html




In the survey conducted by Morning Consult, 47.1 percent of Jewish registered voters planning to vote in a Democratic primary or caucus cite Biden as their first choice, while 11.1 percent favor Sanders, who is Jewish.
The next three choices: Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, at 8.9 percent; Sen. Kamala Harris of California, 8.2 percent; and Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, 7.3 percent.

Pollsters interviewed 15,770 registered voters who are planning to vote in a Democratic primary or caucus, 581 of whom identified as Jewish, between April 29 and May 5. The margin of error is 1 percentage point.
Biden, first elected senator in 1972, has cultivated close ties with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and appeared to weather the pro-Israel community’s tensions with the Obama administration over the Iran nuclear deal and other disagreements.
Sanders, an independent and self-described “democratic socialist,” has defended Israel from attacks by the left but is also frequently critical of its current right-wing government.
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Another group overwhelmingly prefers Joe.. ….Go Joe.. The More the better to beat Trump

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1. K&R

[NurseJackie]

2. Great news! I'm very pleased to hear this, but...

Great news! I'm very pleased to hear this, but... I'm not at all surprised. I think that most voters are starting to figure out BS and the BS campaign. They're rejecting his message and his lack of any real-world plans on how to accomplish all the grand promises being made. It's one thing to make promises, but it's quite another to demonstrate to educated, realistic, and discerning voters exactly HOW it is that all the promises are going to be kept.

Also, I think the almost nonstop smears and denigration of the Democratic party (and Democratic leadership) may have made BS a less desirable choice. At this critical time, party loyalty is very important to me and many others apparently too. It simply makes no sense for anyone on "our side" to be call the Democratic party "corrupt" or "feeble" or "the party of the elite" or saying there's "no difference" between the Democrats and the GOP. In all cases, nothing could be further from the truth.

The thing is... that kind of talk promotes negativity. Negativity generates apathy. Apathy discourages support and voting for Democratic candidates... and that just makes it easier for the GOP and Trump and Russia to steal elections.

[Gothmog]

3. As a Jewish Democrat, I am not surprised by this polling

I still remember going to High Holy Day services and hearing during breaks about sanders speaking to Liberty University a while back. I heard a ton of kvetching/complaints during breaks from members of the congregation about sanders skipping High Holy Day services to speak to Jerry Falwell's university

Link to tweet

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5. Oh good god!

[Gothmog]

6. There are a large number of Jewish Democrats who really object to that picture for a host of reasons

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7. I would imagine..

as did I!

[oasis]

8. Bernie did what? Say it isn't so!

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4. Mazel Tov!

Mahalo!