A dissection of irrational Jewish voting patterns.

Imagine driving from New York to San Francisco. For three days, you stay on I-80, only getting off for gas and a bed. As you approach your destination, just north of the once beautiful city, you simply keep driving straight. Your family tells you that you have missed the exit and the one after it. You can’t change. You’ve been going straight for endless hours and you are simply on autopilot to keep doing the same until the road ends.

Why do very large percentages of Jews still vote for Democrat candidates? This is the number one question in comments related to Jews, the Republican Party and Israel. I will try to address several issues that come into play when discussing Jewish voting behavior in the United States.

     1. The Breakdown of Jews in the US

The number of Jews in the United States is approximately 6.5 million, give or take a lot. As to affiliation by size, it would be unaffiliated, reform, conservative and orthodox/ultraorthodox. The latter group is the only one growing in the US, though it is the smallest by numbers. Orthodox Jews are staunch supporters of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. A recent White House-initiated and sponsored Sabbath event had many religious Jews present, thankful for both the United States and the current occupant of the Oval Office, who declared the “National Sabbath” in honor of America’s 250th birthday.

The fact that most Jews are not Orthodox has ramifications for voting patterns today. Orthodox Jews vote strongly for Republicans because the latter are generally strong supporters of Israel and also traditional values. If you want your representative to vote against the forced teaching of anti-religious concepts in schools, a Republican is more than likely to be your choice.

     2. Historical Relationship of Jews and American Political Parties.

Here is where we get onto I-80 heading West. For the decades prior to Ronald Reagan, the Democrat........

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