THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 10, 1980 25

It May Be a Mitzva to Vote

By DAVID FRIEDMAN

But feelings, especially
about Carter and Reagan,
Now that the Presidential are so strong that there is
election campaign is in full good reason to believe that
swing, American Jews are those people who are going
finding they are among the to vote have already made
most intensely courted of up their minds. But what
the electorate. Jewish lead- about voters who plan to sit
ers, actual and self- this election out?
This has been the year of
anointed, are trotted out to
tell us that President Car- the "volatile voter," a name
ter, former Gov. Ronald Re- the experts have coined to
agan or Rep. John Anderson explain the fact that they
is not only good for the Jews don't know what the voters
are going to do. It has also
but for all Americans.
been the year of "none of the
above" in which many vot-
ers have expressed their
distaste for all of the candi-
dates. Will this mean an
even lower voter turnout
than in 1976, when only 52
percent of those eligible cast
ballots?
Jews tend to go to the
Don't Be Caught
polls in greater numbers
than other ethnic groups.
call
This accounts for the im-
portance of Jewish vot-
ers especially in New
York and other large
states. It is one of the
chief reasons, if not the
reason, why candidates
pay attention to the is-
Driveway, Parking Lot, Condo
sues that concern Jews.
In 1972, given a choice of
President Nixon and Sen.
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Sponsor of the Generic
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George McGovern (D-SD),
some Jews didn't vote. An
argument has been made
that this, too, is a vote: it
shows that we reject the
type of candidates the sys-
tem offers. But this is a cop-
out.
After all, someone has to
be President. All Americans
should take part in select-
ing him, or perhaps some-
day, her, even if it comes
down to deciding on the best
of the bad lot, or the one who
is least bad. For how else
can Jews, as individuals
and as a group, have any
influence on the federal
government?
Why should anybody lis-
ten to them if they don't
take part in the selection
process?
What right have they to
gripe if they sit on their
hands Nov. 4?
Of course, there are other
reasons to vote besides the
Presidential election. There
are important races for the
U.S. Senate and the House
where some of Israel's most
ardent supporters are fac-
ing tough battles. There
may be local contests and it
should be remembered that
in those states where the
State Legislatures are
being elected the new legis-
latures will be reapportion-
ing Congressional districts
in the wake of the just-
completed 1980 census.
If these appeals to civic
virtue and reason aren't
enough, let me repeat a
suggestion offered by a
Washington journalist on
television recently: Surely
you must know someone
whose vote you would like to
negate.

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