Friday, April 16, 2010

New poll: US Jewish voters would not re-elect Obama for President.

(via YidwithLid).McLaughlin and Associates released an opinion poll of likely Jewish voters which shows Jewish voters in America are regretting their vote and will not repeat the same mistake:

* Jewish voters would consider someone else for President. According to the 2008 exit polls, Barack Obama won 78% of Jewish voters. Now 17 months later only 42% of voters would re-elect him while 46% would consider voting for someone else. Just to put this into perspective, during the past 50 years, the lowest percentage a democratic presidential candidate has received was the 45% that Jimmy Carter earned when he ran for reelection. If the 2012 election were held today, Obama might do worse. The AJC Poll of all Jews did not ask this question, but it did reflect that the President had a 57% approval rating.

* A significant portion of Jewish voters disapprove of the President’s handling of relations with Israel 39% disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing handling America’s relations with Israel. When you consider the fact that almost 60% of Jewish voters are Democrats this is a very bad number for the POTUS.

o Obama's rumored plan to recognize a Palestinian State Within two years is disapproved by 52% of Jewish votes.

o 64% say that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel.

o 62% believe that the Palestinians would continue the campaign of terror to destroy Israel if they were given a Palestinian state.

o 73% say that Israel is right to insist the Palestinians accepting Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state before there are any negotiations about a Palestinian state.