Obama's Support Among Jews Steadies Despite Distrust On Israel Policy

[July16th-20th]

Source: HuffPo

WASHINGTON -- A newly released poll of Jewish American voters provides some comforting news to an Obama administration working feverishly to keep its popularity high among that group. Despite having a sharply unfavorable opinion of how he has handled the Israeli-Palestinian crisis -- and offering a mixed review of his handling of the economy -- Jewish Americans remain committed to President Obama heading into the 2012 campaign.

The national survey, which was sponsored by the progressive-leaning, pro-Israel group J Street and designed by prominent Democratic pollster Jim Gerstein, has Jewish Americans approving of the president’s job performance by a 20-percentage point margin, with 60 percent approving and 40 percent disapproving. Those numbers match surveys sponsored by established independent pollsters. A recent Gallup release found Jewish American approval of Obama at 60 percent and disapproval at 32 percent (with a margin of error of 7 percentage points).

Not all the findings were positive for the president. Some 56 percent of respondents to the J-Street poll disapproved of the job he was doing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while 44 percent approved.

Jewish Americans interviewed for the poll were split on Obama's handling of the economy, with 51 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving -- still a higher percentage approving than among the general population.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/21/obamas-support-among-jews_n_905310.html

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I'm not Jewish, but I'd venture to guess that most American Jews realize that Obama is infinitely better than any of the GOP candidates.

[apnu]

1. The ones I know certainly think Obama is better than anything the GOP has today.

They're not stupid, and they're very put off with the "rah-rah America is a CHRISTIAN Nation" bullshit.

[Scurrilous]

2. Thanks.

K & R :thumbsup:

[Hulk]

3. Isn't it a shame.....

This country has to suck up to the "Middle East bad-boy" in order to pacify the constituents in this country. We are only enabling the rogue nation to be evil and call on "big brother" to back up their satanic deeds.

I'm for pulling out from Isreal, Iraq, Lybia, and even our present day Vietnam....Afghanistan.