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"We're going to look at a
different kind of strategy,"
said Mr. Seigel, a Democrat.
"It's going to be a more con-
centrated strategy. If we
have a very high Jewish
turnout for Clinton — 90
percent is realistic, I think
— some of those states could
go Democratic because of the
Jewish vote."
The Jewish vote, he said,
remains essential to the
Clinton effort —but in diff-
erent ways, now that Perot's
candidacy has evaporated.
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oss Perot's departure
from the presidential
sweepstakes may
alter the plans of those runn-
ing the Jewish campaigns
for the two remaining can-
didates, but it won't have
much of an impact on the
Jewish community.
Politicos here say that
despite widespread interest
in Perot's candidacy, there
was little evidence that
significant numbers of Jew-
ish voters were prepared to
climb aboard his lurching
bandwagon.
But the Texan's departure
could change the arithmetic
of the managers of cam-
paigns that George Bush
and Bill Clinton will be
directing toward the Jewish
community.
"All the calculations
change," said political con-
sultant Mark Seigel. "With
Perot out of the race, it
makes the Jewish vote less
important nationally, but
more important in several
key states."
When the presidential con-
test was a three-way race,
many experts predicted ex-
ceptionally close votes in
serveral states, where even
small shifts in the Jewish
vote could prove decisive.
With Mr. Perot out of the
game, the Jewish vote in
most of these states is
unlikely to carry the same
weight.
At the same time, several
big industrial states with
large Jewish populations —
including Maryland — could
loom larger in the Bush-
Clinton showdown.
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Now that its settling down
to the grueling work of win-
ning a general election, Bill
Clinton's campaign will
make some subtle shifts in
its Jewish strategy, confide
Democratic sources.
With a strong Jewish tur-
nout for the Democratic
ticket almost guaranteed,
the campaign will probably
downplay direct efforts to
win Jewish votes. Instead, it
will rely more heavily on the
National Jewish Democratic
Council to turn out a big
Jewish vote, and on "get out
the vote" efforts already
underway.
The campaign will also
rely heavily on strong Jew-
ish support for vice presiden-
tial nominee, Al Gore, D-
Tenn.
While the campaign will
continue to work with Jew-
ish communities. the can-
didates will attempt to dem-
onstrate in this year of polit-
ical alienation that they are
not beholden to "special in-
terests."
That seems to be why Sen.
Gore went before the Ameri-
can Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC) at last
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week's convention — and
never mentioned Israel.
"In the past, Democratic
candidates tried to put
together coalitions of inter-
est groups that they had to
appeal to," said Morrie
Amitay, a longtime pro-
Israel activist. "Obviously,
that didn't work. Elections
are won on broad economic
issues and on character."
Instead of appealing to
specific interest groups, Mr.
Clinton's campaign hopes to
identify key issues shared by
strategic groups. •