Ben Jacobs of Jewish Insider points out NY Jewish vote in new poll: Biden 29%, Warren 16% Sanders 4%

[highplainsdem]

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I posted that A-rated Sienna pol of NY state earlier today but didn't look at the internal numbers.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287283267


Buttigieg is also at 4% with Jewish voters. All other candidates at 2% or less.


Does anyone have any idea why Sanders is polling so poorly among Jewish voters there?

[JI7]

1. Sanders is not a Democrat and jewish voters are part of the democratic base

so they vote similar to black voters and that's usually those who have formed relationships with the community over a long period of time.

Sanders lost the Jewish vote in 2016 also.

[Gothmog]

4. Yep

Jewish Democrats are part of the base and they support candidates who are actual members of the party

[thesquanderer]

11. He's enough a member of the party for the DNC to allow him to run for the Democratic nomination.

The general population doesn't care what the more ideologically pure armchair quarterbacks like some on DU think.

[Gothmog]

14. As a member of the Jewish faith, I disagree

Jewish Democrats are very active in party politics and follow these issues closely. The Jewish Caucus at the National Convention was one of the larger caucuses. The Jewish Caucus at the Texas state democratic conventions are always one of the larger caucuses at these conventions. I remember a ton of spirited discussions at Onegs following services about Democratic politics. Jewish Democrats follow politics closely and are very aware of the facts described above.

Again, I am not surprised by the level of support for sanders by Jewish voters as shown by the polling cited in the OP.

[Gothmog]

2. As a Jewish Democrat, I am not surprised by this

This does not surprise me at all.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Thx for posting highplainsdem

Another + for mr. Biden!!

[oasis]

5. "If it's what you say, I love it".

[Cha]

6. Many Thanks to the Jewish Voters

in New York!

Thank you, highplainsdem!

[NurseJackie]

7. How very interesting.

Thanks!

[Gothmog]

8. Does anyone have any idea why Sanders is polling so poorly among Jewish voters there?

sanders is not an observant member of the faith. In addition some object to Sarsour as a surrogate

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This lady was just removed from the board of the Women's March for good reason

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[thesquanderer]

12. Also, though, polling at 4% doesn't mean NY Jews don't like him....

...it just means they like someone else more.

You can like numerous candidates, but when polled (or when you vote) you have to pick just one.

[Gothmog]

13. As a Jewish Democrat, I can assure that many Jews do not like sanders

Having Sarsour as a surrogate was a very bad move. https://www.investigativeproject.org/8065/sanders-doubles-down-on-anti-semite-sarsour

Bernie Sanders has made an odd calculation in his quest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He all-but-ceded support from Jewish Democrats during the weekend by announcing anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour again will serve as a campaign surrogate.

When Sanders embraced Sarsour's support during the 2016 campaign, we showed how her rabidly anti-Israel views crossed into anti-Semitism. She views Zionism – the belief in a Jewish homeland – as "creepy." She spoke at Louis Farrakhan's 2015 Million Man March, where she called Zionists white supremacists.

Her actions since then, in helping lead the national Women's March and in spreading a blood libel that blames Jews for police shootings of unarmed black people, have only made her hatred for the Jewish state and its supporters clearer.

Again, Sarsour was forced out of the Women's March due to these views.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. I'm not Jewish but I dislike her intensely. She used to be a staple on Melissa Harris Perry's show,

and I couldn't stand her. Relentless Obama/Dem basher.

[Gothmog]

20. I also do not like Sarsour

I donated to the Woman’s March but was concerned about her involvement in that group. I was very glad when Sarsour was forced out of the Woman’s March

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. I haven't kept up with her since MHP was cancelled, but I don't miss her at all. n/t

[IronLionZion]

9. People don't necessarily vote for candidates who look just like them

see how many white women voted for an irredeemable pervert over a qualified white woman in 2016.

You will see conservative Irish Catholics vote against Biden.

White Democrats usually lose the majority of white voters to Republicans but that rarely makes headlines. Whites have voted for non-white Republicans over Dems in many red states.

[George II]

10. 4%?

[Gothmog]

16. Again this number sounds accurate based on conversations at my Temple

Jewish Democrats like to complain and I have heard a ton of complaints about sanders.

[George II]

17. That's why he got creamed in Brooklyn and Queens in 2016. He's just not well liked...

...by the Jewish people.

[Gothmog]

18. Yep

[Scurrilous]

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