Reply To: The Jewish/Chasidic Bloc Vote

You’re saying that it’s successful because it’s legal?

I said its successful for the “several-fold” reasons outlined in the OP. Obviously its legality (which isn’t in question) is a necessary ingredient.

What if a method of getting a group to abide by a directive is illegal?

Voting is done behind curtains, with election inspectors on-site insuring the integrity of the vote. It is abundantly clear the bloc voters are doing so out of their free democratic will. Nothing can force them to “abide”. They wish to follow the directive of their communal leaders. It is their democratic right to. And it is in their political benefit to.