Obama's Support Among Jews Steadies Despite Distrust On Israel Policy

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Obama's Support Among Jews Steadies Despite Distrust On Israel Policy



WASHINGTON -- A newly released poll of Jewish American voters provides some comforting news to an Obama administration working feverishly to keep its popularity high among that group. Despite having a sharply unfavorable opinion of how he has handled the Israeli-Palestinian crisis -- and offering a mixed review of his handling of the economy -- Jewish Americans remain committed to President Obama heading into the 2012 campaign.

The national survey, which was sponsored by the progressive-leaning, pro-Israel group J Street and designed by prominent Democratic pollster Jim Gerstein, has Jewish Americans approving of the president’s job performance by a 20-percentage point margin, with 60 percent approving and 40 percent disapproving. Those numbers match surveys sponsored by established independent pollsters. A recent Gallup release found Jewish American approval of Obama at 60 percent and disapproval at 32 percent (with a margin of error of 7 percentage points).

Not all the findings were positive for the president. Some 56 percent of respondents to the J-Street poll disapproved of the job he was doing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while 44 percent approved.

Jewish Americans interviewed for the poll were split on Obama's handling of the economy, with 51 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving -- still a higher percentage approving than among the general population.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/21/obamas-support-among-jews_n_905310.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

[ZombieHorde]

1. Judaism and the Israeli government are completely different concepts. nt

[chrisa]

4. Yeah, I don't get what HuffPo is trying to say here.

There's many different groups of Jewish people.

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

:thumbsup:

[apnu]

3. Mabye its because the GOP is always yammering on about our "Christian" nation.

Obama and the Democrats don't say that nonsense. Given a choice between a group willing to leave you alone religiously, and another that doesn't, I guess they'll lean toward the former.