Jewish vote

President Barack Obama at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011. (photo: AIPAC)

It’s not about Israel, stupid

The American Jewish allegiance to the Democratic Party is not as strong as it once was, nor as invulnerable as it may appear in the wake of Obama’s victory. Republicans can undermine it, but only if they revamp their party and realize that Israel is not the only issue that American Jews care about. By…

By +972 Magazine November 9, 2012

Obama wins election, takes Jewish vote with him

With initial exit polls showing 70 percent of American Jews voted for Obama, all the efforts to swing the Jewish vote in favor of Mitt Romney by wealthy Republicans, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the iVoteIsrael campaign appear to have failed. Even in key swing state Florida, where Romney reportedly received 34 percent of the Jewish vote, Obama…

By Mairav Zonszein November 6, 2012

Breiyda Franklin, a long-time Democrat, calling American Jews and encouraging them to vote for Romney from Jerusalem, Oct 16, 2012. (photo: DC)

WATCH: Israeli Democrats canvass American voters for Romney

The U.S. presidential race is entering its last two weeks. On Friday, President Barack Obama picked up a surprising endorsement from the Salt Lake Tribune, the official newspaper of the capital city of the predominantly Mormon state of Utah. Governor Mitt Romney, a Mormon, seemed like the natural choice, but as the Tribune noted, Romney…

By Roee Ruttenberg October 20, 2012

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The second Romney-Obama presidential debate (photo: screenshot)

At the second presidential debate, undecided Jewish voters did not ask about Israel

The second presidential debate was held Tuesday night at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island. The moderator, CNN’s Candy Crowley, chose questions that were submitted in advance by the rather small audience, all of whom were undecided voters. According to the CNN poll conducted immediately after the debate, 73 percent of respondents thought the president…

By Lisa Goldman October 16, 2012

Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Obama (White House/US Gov't Work)

Netanyahu attacks Obama again, claims White House rejected meeting request

Despite criticism at home and even from Defense Minister Barak, Netanyahu doubles down against the American president, on the eve of a close election. The public rift between the American administration and Israel is deepening: earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched an unprecedented attack against the administration, stating that “the world has no right to…

By Noam Sheizaf September 11, 2012

US-Israel role reversal: Who needs whom?

The New York Times reported on Friday that US Vice President Joe Biden is doing a round of events in the Jewish community in order to “reassure Jewish voters” of Obama’s loyalty to Israel (as if there should be any doubt, especially following the UN General Assembly). It is no secret that the Obama Administration…

By Mairav Zonszein October 3, 2011