What will happen with the Jewish vote in 2016?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

I am just curious to know if the Jewish population will come out for Hillary or will it be split between Bernie and herself?

[elleng]

1. There IS no 'Jewish vote,' except that we are largely Democratic.

FWIW I'm from New York, lived in Brooklyn til 9 years old, then L.I., Jewish, a few years younger than Bernie, and I support Martin O'Malley.

[NanceGreggs]

4. I'm a Jew from Brooklyn ...

... who also grew up on Long Island. I also am a few years younger than Bernie, and I'm an HRC supporter.

It seems apparent that we - the "Jewish vote" - have a tendency to wander off the beaten path.

[elleng]

5. Hi, neighbor!

No wandering here, solid progressive.

[Bonobo]

33. L.I Jew here. Sanders. That's 3 Jews and 3 different votes.

I guess it is stupid to talk about the "Jewish vote" as a monolith.

[NanceGreggs]

35. Where on LI?

Never knew that!

[Bonobo]

37. West Islip. nt

[bigtree]

2. I think it's still a predominately Democratic vote

...and a dependable voting bloc on election day.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Do they all get together and decide who to vote for??

Please stop it. My head hurts.

[elleng]

7. HAHAHA!

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. Everything in life is like that.

In fact the cats are laughing at us.

[jfern]

8. Maybe residents of Kiryas Joel do

But otherwise, of course not.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. No kidding.

[NanceGreggs]

13. Actually, we do.

We meet at a reputable (meaning they serve big portions) deli once a month, dine on over-priced tepid soup (which we complain about), and discuss who we're ALL going to vote for.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

14. I worked at a deli during college. Nice people. I hated white fish in cream sauce.

Brisket. Meh.

I love kishke.

[NanceGreggs]

17. Truth be told ...

... I despise lox, and would be tempted to kill anyone who put a schmear of disgusting cream cheese on a perfectly good bagel.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

18. My 4 year old is hooked on everything bagels.

No cream cheese.

Lox is overrated.


Commonalities.

[Mad Hungarian]

20. My kid's a pasta addict....

We have to make sure he gets his protein... usually cheese, bologna or eggs...

Just slap me some sólet and I go nuts for it.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

23. Mine too. Egg whites, no yolks,

Pesto. No red sauce.

I've never had sólet, but it looks hearty.

[enid602]

19. Lox

Lox and onions in scrambled eggs. There's nothing better.

[onenote]

6. Some will support Clinton. Some will support Sanders. Some will support O'Malley.

Sort of like the non-Jewish voters.

When it gets to the general election, I suspect most Jewish voters, as in the past, will support the Democratic party candidate as they have in the past, if for no other reason than that they understand as well as anyone the threat posed by a Supreme Court appointed by any of the potential repub candidates. WHich is something some of the my candidate or no one crew on DU ought to think about.

[kelliekat44]

11. The GOP will be quiet about this until the general election...it's one of their cards, you know.

Along with the "free stuff" card, and the Marxist card.

For Hillary it they hold the Benghazi card and the e-mail cards and the anti-Clinton card.

[fossilnut]

12. The Ultra Orthodox Jews Tend to Vote Republican

Unfortunately. You see, they side with the right-wingers who hate gay marriage, abortion, etc. They also seem to think that Republicans love Israel more than Democrats. My Orthodox relatives and I have an agreement to never talk politics, though it does sometimes come out and the discussion is never pretty. I personally am leaning toward Bernie Sanders, but I'll vote for any Democrat over the insane nut jobs running on the Republican ticket.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

16. Welcome to DU, fossilnut.

[fossilnut]

22. Thank you!

[Todays_Illusion]

15. I think this puts conservative/Republicans in a fine spot, they attack Democratic for not supporting

Israel strongly enough, take that to outright sedition by inviting Netanyahu in to tell President Obama how to protect Netanyahu's fanny then follow that up with a letter to Iran signed by 47 Republican Senators.

Now, a Jewish man is running for President. What could be more interesting than guessing how that will play in their attack dialog.

Especially when a visit through conservative websites and radio will reveal all that anti-Jewish Jewish banker/Jews rule the world conspiracies and hoo ha and foolery.

[onenote]

24. It would be terribly amusing to hear a republican accuse Sanders of being part of

the "war on Christianity".

[Behind the Aegis]

26. It has been used before against us.

It would have to be modified from the "Christ killer" slur, but it wouldn't take much tinkering. People get very creative with their anti-Semitism. There will be lots of deaf dogs soon.

[HooptieWagon]

30. One already accused Sanders of being a Nazi.

Obviously not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[JI7]

34. i doubt it, they got rid of Eric Cantor easily and Lieberman had anti semetic attacks when

he was running as vp.

they have shown many times that support for israel has nothing to d with support for jewish people. in fact they wish the jews in the US would all leave for israel.

[Behind the Aegis]

36. Yet another post demonstrating "you get it!"

You stated something which anyone left of center should be well aware of, but many seem to ignorant of it.

[jberryhill]

21. I'm confident that Jews will still be allowed to vote

One couple I know are solid Trump supporters. A few others are Hillary leaners. And several others are fine with "whoever is the nominee".

That's the round up from my small sample.

[Behind the Aegis]

25. Already?

Wow. I thought I would be seeing this type of claptrap until the actual election was under way.

[hrmjustin]

27. In Brooklyn the religious Jews will go with Hillary. Places like Crown Heights, Midwood, Borough

Park, and the jewish sections of Williamsburg will go for Hillary but secular Jews in Brooklyn will be in play.

Places in north eastern Brooklyn might ge a Sanders stronghold but the rest of the borough will overwhelm his support there.

[RandySF]

28. I think it will come down to factors other than religion.

"The Jewish population"? That sounds like a line from the Pope in "Borgia".

[RandySF]

29. I remember a news report from 1992.

A rabbi was speaking at a rally for then-Sen. Alphonse D'Amato when he said "Clinton-D'Amato, D'Amato-Clinton".

[still_one]

31. I am a Jew, and this question is kind of insulting. It implies that because Bernie is Jewish, that

fact will influence the Jewish vote.

[liberal_at_heart]

32. My daughter did note that Sanders never once brought up that he would be the first

Jewish President, while Hillary mentioned a few times that she would be the first women President. Both she and I cringed every time she brought that up. I do not vote based on gender or religion. I vote based on policy position and voting records.

[karynnj]

38. True and agreed, but ironically he never sounded more Brooklyn Jewish than when saying

enough with your emails.

I am Jewish and I could honestly say that many cars in the parking lot at might synagogue have Bernie bumper stickers (no HRC ones yet) .... but my synagogue is in Burlington VT, not a very representative place on this, and some are stickers from long ago Senate races! )