President Obama’s support among Jewish voters in the state of New York has dropped 22 percentage points in only a month, according to the results of a just released poll.
The poll, conducted by Siena College, finds that currently President Obama has the support of 51 percent of Jewish voters, while 43 percent are opposed to him. Five percent are undecided. That means, Obama’s lead among Jewish voters is at 8 percentage points.
Previously, in Siena’s May poll, Obama had the support 62 percent of Jewish New Yorkers, while 32 percent opposed him. That means, last month, Obama’s lead among this group of voters was at a strong 30 percentage points.
Those polled were responding to this straight forward question: “If the election for President were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were [Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or Don’t know]?
Additionally, Jewish voters in New York overwhelmingly believe that America is “headed in the wrong direction” as opposed to “the right track,” by a margin of 62 percent to 31 percent.
Perhaps most troubling for President Obama’s prospects with Jewish voters were these two questions. “Overall, would you say that you and your family are better off now than you were four years ago, about the same as you were four years ago, or worse off today than you were four years ago?,” the poll asked. Only 13 percent of Jewish New Yorkers said that they are better off now, under Obama, while 41 percent said that they are doing worse. (Forty-five percent said they’re doing the same.)
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so what happens if he releases pollard – who yeshivish/haimish/chassidish crowd don’t even mention? will they be kafoy tova and still be against him? what if he is re-elected in spite of all the jewish vitriol? can’t wait for that
Even if all the Jews in NY voted for Romney, Obama would still carry the state as NY is as blue as it gets. Still it’s heart warming to hear that we are finally waking up to the complete failure of his presidency.
Of course we will still vote against him. He’s a disaster for the whole world; do you really expect that we should let him bribe us to vote for him? In any case, it’s not the Jewish vote he needs, it’s the Jewish money.
And what if he’s reelected? Then we’re all in trouble. What is your point?