Throughout the turbulent last four years, various pundits have predicted either that President Donald Trump could attract unusually high numbers of Jewish votes during the 2020 election cycle — or lose many of the ones he had in 2016. As American careens toward a historic Election Day, the picture remains a bit muddled, with news…
For such a tiny group, we Jews sure manage to cause a ruckus. According to the Pew Research Center, Jewish adults make up a mere 2.2% of the U.S. population. And yet, as we head into another presidential cycle, there is already talk about the importance of the Jewish vote. Let’s step back and tackle…
U.S. favorability ratings for Benjamin Netanyahu among likely U.S. voters dropped dramatically among those who lean Democratic in the aftermath of the Israeli prime minister’s speech to the U.S. Congress, a Gallup poll showed. Netanyahu’s overall favorable ratings dropped to 38 percent in the March 5-8 poll posted Wednesday by the polling outfit, down from…
All across Israel and in the settlements of the West Bank, Israelis of all social stripes went to the polls. Here are a few or their stories.and their divergent visions of what might emerge from the election. After a lethargic campaign by their politicians, Israeli voters confounded widespread expectations of a lethargic election in response,…
American liberals are deservingly jubilant. Our standard-bearer has been reelected, liberal heroes such as Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren have won their elections, and marriage equality triumphed in all four states where it was on the ballot. And while Congress remains divided much as it was in the previous term, important trend lines show the…
Perhaps the great national achievement was not electing the first African American president. Perhaps the great national achievement was electing him again. The next four years — even the next four months — will present monumental governing challenges, especially in a Washington that, on the surface at least, looks remarkably as it did before the…
In 2012, Jews were supposed to vote on Israel and Medicare.They didn’t. Jewish political groups spent millions making the case that Mitt Romney would be tougher on Iran or that that Obama would protect Florida seniors from Paul Ryan. Their efforts didn’t have much of an impact. Obama won re-election with 69% of the Jewish…
We are days away from the end of this election cycle, which also means it’s open season on that much ridiculed, mystifying yet rare species: the undecided voter. A mock commercial on “Saturday Night Live” captured the general disdain toward the folks we are repeatedly told will tip this election. In it, a series of…
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