Admins difficult relationship with Israel
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Obamas support among Jewish voters is down 19 since his 2008 election victory a new poll reveals. Conducted during
the Democratic National Conventions omission of God and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from their platform only to have an effort to reinsert the two items booed by Obama delegates further found that
Romney garners 35 of the Jewish vote the poll says.
The poll recent Investors Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP Poll released Monday found that while President Obama leads in overall polling 46 to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys 44 his support among Jewish voters has dropped from 78 in 2008 to 59 today.
Six percent of Jews indicated they were currently undecided according to the poll. In 2008 1 of Jewish voters cast their ballot for a candidate other than Obama or McCain.
Jonathan S. Tobin at Commentary Magazine who initially noted the drop pointed out that the decline is unmatched in any other demographic groups.
He chalked the decline up to the administrations relationship with Israel.
While some losses in Jewish support could be put down to disillusionment with his economic policies which is shared across the board the only conceivable explanation for this far greater than average loss of Jewish votes is the administrations difficult relationship with Israel" Tobin wrote.
The telephone poll which surveyed slightly more Democrats than Republicans queried 808 registered voters across the country from Sept. 49.
It has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.5 percentage points.
Gov. Mitt Romneys 35 showing amongst the Jewish vote is up from Senator John McCains 21 showing in 2008 the poll says.
