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The latest poll: 55% Democrat, 22% Republican

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June 6, 2012

In our previous Jewish Party Identification post we were able to bring some ‎order to the seemingly conflicting numbers from different polls – putting the ‎percentage of Jewish Democrats on 65%-68% and the percentage of Jewish ‎Republicans on 27%-29%. What we have in this post doesn’t reflect much ‎change in the overall numbers. ‎

The graph below and the table at the bottom were updated to include new ‎numbers from the poll by Workmen’s Circle. They include the three categories of ‎Democrats, Republicans and Independents (we combined the “stronger” and ‎weaker leanings appearing at the original poll) – but do not divide the ‎Independents into further “leaning” categories. This leaves us without additional ‎confirmation to the trend recorded only in PEW surveys, according to which ‎there’s a trend toward the Republican Party among Jewish voters.‎

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Take a look at the updated graph:‎

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And the updated table:‎

‎

‎

Year

GOP

Dem

Ind

Not ‎Sure

2012****

22

55

17

5

2012*

19

52

26

2

2011 *

16

45

38

2

Fall 2010 *

17

48

34

1

2010 *

15

50

32

2

2009 *

16

53

30

1

2008 *

17

56

25

2

2005 *

16

54

29

1

2004 *

16

54

29

2

2002- 2004 **

16

50

34

2001-2002**

17

50

33

2000 *

9

59

30

2

1996 *

52

1991-2002 ***

51.7

1992-‎‎2001**

18

50

32

1981-90 ***

53.9

‎‎

1972-80 ***

57.8

‎

‎* AJC annual surveys of Jewish opinion‎

‎** Gallup‎

‎*** Jewish Distinctiveness in America, Tom W. Smith. T, 2005‎

‎**** Workmen’s Circle‎

The PEW graph remains unchanged:‎

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