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The Israel Factor 05.2012, Full Statistics

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May 21, 2012

Please rank the two presidential candidates – Barack Obama and Mitt ‎Romney – from 1 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree) on the following ‎issues:

Issue

Obama

Romney

Is working very hard to show how friendly he is towards ‎Israel

8

8.62

Is ‎likely to nominate a Secretary of State whom Israel isn’t going to ‎appreciate

4.75

5

Is likely to be very tough on the Israeli government after election ‎day

5.87

4.25

Is likely to release Jonathan Pollard from ‎jail

2.71

3

Better understands Israel’s position regarding Iran

7.12

7.62

Is more likely to ‎convince Israel not to attack ‎Iran

7.37

6.62

Please take a wild guess at a question we asked exactly half a year ago: ‎what would be the percentage of Jewish voters voting for the Republican ‎nominee:

Nominee Percentage

Romney

29.5

Looking ahead for 2012, please rate the following presidential candidates ‎on scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):

Candidate

Score

Barack Obama

7.25

Mitt Romney

7.5

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