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Unlike other religious and ethnic groups, whose wealthier and better edu- cated members tend to be conservative and vote Re- publican, the majority of Jewish voters, regardless of their socio-economic level, generally support Demo- cratic candidates and lib- eral programs. Over 50 per- cent of Jewish voters are registered abs Democrats, fewer than 10 percent as Republicans. In 1972, when Richard Nixon was re-elected in an unprecedented land- slide, he received under 40 percent of the Jewish vote; four years later, Jimmy Carter garnered about 70 percent. A recent study concludes that Jews are more united that other demographic groups behind civil rights CONTEMPORARY ELEGANCE Allow us to set one of your personal diamonds in a new. and exciting design of Karat gold. Exquisite craftsmanship and your own jewels combined ... UST FOR LOVE. and civil liberties, equal interviewed called them- opportunity, aid to the poor selves liberal, in contrast to and aged, support for public 27 percent of the Catholics education and health pro- and 22 percent of the Pro- grams, and opposition to testants. violence. They also close A 1980 CBS-New York ranks when they believe Is- Times poll shows a decided rael's security is falling-off in Jewish liberal threatened. self-identification; never- A review of Gallup Poll theless, 38 percent of the interviews from 1970 to _Jews queried in this poll 1973 indicates that when labeled themsetves liberal, respondents were asked to as against 23 percent of the identify their political Catholics and 17 percent of stance, 51 percent of Jews the Protestants. Jewish Vote for Democratic Presidential Candidates 1960-1976 Year Candidate Jews All Voters Percent 1960 Kennedy 80+ 50 1964 Johnson 90 61 1968 Humphrey 80+ 43 1972 McGovern 65 38 1976 Carter 70-75 51 In the 1980 campaign, the Jewish voters in New York Jewish vote appears less failed to vote for President, predictable than ever. and many are talking, at There has been wide specu- least, of a similar absention lation that disappointment in November. with the Carter Adminis- As the American political tration's Israel stance as ground has shifted to the well as its position on var- ious domestic issues has right, Jews have shifted turned many Jewish voters with it; but compared with away from support for the others, they are still on the liberal side. This does not President. mean they are of one mind But they are largely un- enthusiastic about Reagan on all major issues; there are sharp divisions within as well; thus, it remains un- the Jewish community on certain how many will carry their disaffection with the ERA, Federal support for Democratic ticket as far as private and parochial the voting booth. Nor is schools, public funding for abortions for poor women, there any clear indication civil liberties for ex- whether Jewish voters un- willing to vote for Carter tremists, and other issues. will cast their votes for Re- In March, April, and May publican Ronald Reagan or 1980, a series of Gallup polls third-party candidate John probed registered voters' Anderson — or simply de- Presidential 'preference. cide to sit this election out The following composite altogether. percentages, according to In the 1972 election, The religious identification, Economist reports, many emerged: Anderson Carter Reagan Percent 27 19 53 Jews 39 27 "No religious belief" 34 42 33 25 Catholics 34 44 Northern white Protestants 22 45 44 Southern white Protestants - 10 In the New York of four to one. At the na- Presidential primary on tional party conventions in March 25, which took place July and August, five per- shortly after the U.S. repre- cent of the Republican dele- sentative to the United Na- gates and 10 percent of the tions voted for a UN resolu- Democratic were Jewish. tion criticizing Israel, In August 1980, a Louis Jewish voters supported Harris Poll elicited the fol- Edward Kennedy over lowing answers to the two President Carter by a ratio questions cited below: If you were voting today, whom would you vote for? Percent Total Jews Reagan 42 28 Carter 36 30 Anderson 17 36 Undecided 10 5 If you thought Anderson had a real chance of winning, whom would you vote for? Fitment Total Jews 20 Reagan 37 22 Carter 29 55 Anderson 31 3 Undecided 3 All of these figures are Great minds had rather subject to sizeable shifts as the Presidential campaign deserve contemporaneous unfolds. 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