Will American Jews Ever Abandon the Democratic Party?
The future of the leftward leaning of American Jews.
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After House Democrats, under pressure from their radical left wing, voted to remove Israel’s defensive Iron Dome funding from their budget, a Christian friend messaged me, saying, “Overwhelming Jewish support for the Democratic party is hard to comprehend.”
Given the fact that the Democrat Party has been less and less friendly to Israel in recent years, and given President Obama’s icy relationship with then-Prime Minister Netanyahu, what explains the deep solidarity between Democrats and Jews?
Before answering that question, I should note that the Jerusalem Post reported that, “The Iron Dome may ultimately receive the American funding it needs, after progressive pressure led Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives to remove it from a broader bill, and then vowed to propose the aid as its own bill within days. But that doesn’t mean that the drama surrounding it is over.”
Indeed, last Thursday, the House did pass a stand-alone $1 billion measure for Israel's Iron Dome. Still, in the words of the Jerusalem Post, "that doesn’t mean that the drama surrounding it is over.”
Yet Jewish support for the Democrats remains strong, with some exit polls giving President Biden roughly 70-75 percent of the Jewish vote, a number that has held fairly steady, with limited fluctuation, since the late 1920s. Why?
One reason that has often been given is that there is a prophetic ethic in Judaism that leans left, thus siding with the rights of those who are perceived to be oppressed. This would include racial minorities, women, gays, transgenders, and others.
While there appears to be some truth to this, the fact is that most American Jews are fairly secular, with limited familiarity with Judaism. Can this really explain such voting patterns? And why is it that, generally speaking, Jews in different parts of the world tend to lean centrist or right, quite the opposite of things here in the USA?
According to political scientist and professor Kenneth Wald, there is another anomaly when it comes to American Jewish voting. He explained that “we expect most affluent people to favor the party of the right. As a group, even allowing for individual differences, American Jews rank at or near the top on most measures of social class — education, income, occupational prestige and such. That makes their commitment to the Democratic party and liberal values puzzling.”
What, then, explains the strong leftward leaning of American Jews?
For Wald and others, the answer is simple: American Jewish voting patterns have to do with “the uniqueness of the American context. The U.S. Constitution follows a classic liberal model in separating citizenship and religion. Rather than rooting citizenship in blood or religion, the American system eliminates ethnic particularity as a condition for full membership in the political community.
“This arrangement resonates powerfully with American Jews for practical reasons — it gives them a chance to participate as equals in a way they had not experienced elsewhere — and it differs radically from their historical experience as, at best, a ‘tolerated’ minority whose status often changed on the whims of rulers.”
And although there was a time when American Jews voted Republican in higher numbers, once the Republican Party became more closely aligned with evangelical Christians, Jews moved quickly to the Democrats.
As Wald explains, “When, however, the Republican party reached out to white Protestant evangelicals, who eventually came to constitute the party’s base, Jews reacted negatively because they perceived a threat to the liberal regime. Evangelicals, with their ‘God talk,’ insistence on a “Christian America,” and general willingness to deny fundamental liberties to some minorities on religious grounds, struck many American Jews as a fundamental danger to core values of the polity. Accordingly, Jewish support for Democratic presidential nominees rose from roughly two-thirds to three-fourths in the 1990s and thereafter.” (For further discussion about Jews and FDR’s New Deal, along with Jewish concerns during the tenure of LBJ, see here.)
This also explains why, the more that Israeli leadership moves to the right, both politically and religiously, the less solidarity liberal American Jews feel with Israel, despite its importance to them. Many evangelical Christians are actually surprised to learn that they appear to feel more loyalty to Israel than do their American Jewish friends.
As for the growing number of Orthodox Jews that identify as Republican, up from 57 percent in 2013 to 75 percent today, one headline declared, “In voting, Orthodox Jews are looking more like evangelicals.”
As the story reported, “Among Orthodox Jewish Trump voters, Israel, Iran and terrorism were among the top concerns cited in a survey by Nishma Research, a Connecticut-based polling firm. Among Orthodox Jewish Biden voters, the coronavirus pandemic, ‘bringing the country together’ and health care were the top three issues.” (I might ask here how that vote for Biden to deal effectively with COVID and to bring the country together is looking right now.)
This indicates, then, that American Jews are more divided by ideology than they are united by religious faith, since there is a massive gulf between traditional Judaism and liberal Judaism, just as there is between conservative Christianity and liberal Christianity.
In this light, it will be interesting to see what voting patterns emerge if traditional Jews continue to grow in number while the number of liberal Jews continues to drop. (See, already, this prediction from 2016.) And this, in turn, would likely result in a growing voting solidarity between Orthodox Jews and Christian conservatives.
Isn’t this why so many evangelical Christians are fans of modern Orthodox voices like Ben Shapiro while men like Rabbi Daniel Lapin, himself Orthodox, spend most of their time speaking to Christian audiences? The plot thickens.
Yeah, you’re missing a lot here. First, where do these numbers come from? Not one person in my family is left leaning or Democrat voting. We can’t be the only ones.
Synagogues (other than Orthodox) and a number of organizations that were Jewish have been “taken over” by the left and leftism embedded in the faith to the point where what some members are practicing would be unrecognizable to their grandparents as Judaism. Nor would their lifestyle be. Yet those numbers you cite include these secular leftists as “Jews” muddying the waters.
And while some Christians are respectful and supportive of Israel and of Jews, the proselytizing nature of many Christians, especially in today’s anxious US experiences, is abhorrent and hateful on a gut level to a people with a history that includes centuries of murderous pogroms, inquisition forced conversions, ghettos and of course WWII’s industrialized mass murder and theft at the hands of those of that faith. It’s hard to buddy up to those who disrespect you so much that their proselytizing never stops. In a very real sense that proselytizing is truly “ finishing Hitler’s work” as some say. The sweet sounding lies of the left can seem preferable.
Instead of asking about the votes of secular American people who are descended from Jews, which almost becomes another “blame the Jews” trope, why not examine the anti Israel mindset of the majority of the left (Christians) as well as the examine the tone deaf non-left Christians who are repellent through with their ignorance and intolerance of the existence other faiths.
Excuse me? Your mistake is assuming that the Israeli Jews are the promised "blessed" people in the Bible. They are not, they're imposters. The 12 tribes of Judah mentioned in the Bible were all wiped out completely and God threw them out of the promised land forever and they have not returned. There's no one left To return. Jesus was a Hebrew, NOT a Jew and there is a big difference. By calling Jesus the "king of the Jews" the Romans were trying to smear Jesus by connecting him with criminals. Jesus predicted the return of Jews to the land and the USA made sure it happened in direct contradiction to God's word. But the "blessed" people were all already dead. That's what you get for murdering God's son. That's also why the Bible stopped tracking their lineage. Jews were a nomadic people and the petty criminals of the day. The Bible doesn't even mention Jews per se. And you claim American Jews are ignorant of their history? Judeo Christian is a term invented by Jews to show Christians, "See? We're all the same." All I can tell you sir, is no, we are not. Jews are bloodthirsty and always have been. Today, they take it out on unborn babies. Almost all abortionists are Jews and this is quite well known. If you want to know how all this plays out, read the book of Revelations. Your hero Joe Biden has made sure your worst enemies will get billions of dollars in arms directly. He knew he could never get aid approved by the Government so he went around them. You are also a suicidal people and it's time to start blaming yourselves instead of everybody else.
"All Jews were wiped out." Really? We just accept your word for that? How can there be any proof of that? You must be an idiot to even consider believing that.
"Almost all abortionists are Jews, that is well known."??? That lie is almost laughable.
Thanks for making it so clear as to your credibility.
"Jews are bloodthirsty and always have been." There is your answer, Mr. Michael Apostate Brown. Where did Daniel Hittlers get his idea from? John chapter 8.
What a mystery! Why are those Jews so reluctant to embrace the Christian right? Take a look at your comment board, FPM editors.
Your history is total nonsense. Your spiritual world consists of hatred.
How much does Nick Fuentes pay you to suck him off?
" Your mistake is assuming that the Israeli Jews are the promised "blessed" people in the Bible. They are not, they're imposters. The 12 tribes of Judah mentioned in the Bible were all wiped out completely and God threw them out of the promised land forever and they have not returned. " You've just proven you don't know the Bible or history. There weren't 12 Tribes of Judah. Judah is one of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Members of all 12 Tribes exist, although most Jews are members of the Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. Genetic testing shows that most Jews from around the world are related and come from a Levantine people. " There's no one left To return. Jesus was a Hebrew, NOT a Jew and there is a big difference. By calling Jesus the "king of the Jews" the Romans were trying to smear Jesus by connecting him with criminals. " The Children of Isreal aka Jews spoke and speak Hebrew. This is why the Egyptians called us Hebrews. In the New Testament, Jesus is a member of the tribe of Judah and a descendant of David. He was a Jew and a Judahite. Romans certainly didn't like Jews, but they weremaking it clear why they were killing him. Claiming to be King of the Jews was an act of insurrection against Rome. Jesus was a traitor to Rome and a threat to the Romans their collaborators. Hence the Romans killed him. " Jews are bloodthirsty and always have been. Today, they take it out on unborn babies. Almost all abortionists are Jews and this is quite well known. " Show us an statistics that Jews kill babies. Sadly feticide is legal in America, but I've seen no evidence that most abortionists are Jews. I live in NYC, and of the three abortionists I have the misfortune of knowing, one was Jewish.
We give more money to Israel's current and potential enemies, ad the Biden Regime wants to protect Iran's WMD program again.
The Jews I know who fit this mold just don't want to be bothered with anything that has to do with politics. Are they intellectually lazy? Perhaps. Their ambivalence towards politics and politicians is clearly understandable. Those who blindly vote for and support Biden can't name a single thing his cabal has accomplished to make America a better place for All Americans. Doubt that? Show us your list. Jim Campbell
Ronald Reagan said, "I didn't leave the Democrat Party, it left me."
Secular American Jews worship all of the false gods of woke progressivism and social justice and are jettisoning any past support for Israel as part of the price of being part of the woke universe.
Just like the politically correct Christens. The PC education does not teach history as it happened. Society has become more interested in playing than taking the time to research the facts.
So, American Jews. What is it going to take for you to pull your heads out of your a$$ets?
The election of Jihad Squad, Ilhan Omar. Rashida Tlaib and AOC, and now the incredibly ugly Cori Bush, gives the old guard in the Democrat party, at best, two years to reign in the anti-semitic socialists. But even that won't last. Time is not on their side. Schumer, they are coming for you. Chances are AOC is going to launch a primary challenge against you. Nadler, Schiff and the rest of the Democrat Jews in congress are also on the radar.
It's been a little over two years since the Jew Hating Squad arrived. With open anti-semitism being mainstreamed by the Democrats and the New York Times, Palestinian gangs attacking Jews in LA and NY, and socialism surging it's just a matter of time before the Jewish Democrats and the leadership are pushed aside and eased out, or forced out, in both houses. For now they are useful until they are no longer useful.
I also hope that at least a few Jewish Democrats see the handwriting on the wall and switch parties.
https://www.americanthinker.Com/blog/2021/09/bidens_jews_.html
1930's Germany didn't distinguish between secular Jews, who considered themselves Germans first, and devout Jews. Now there is a storm coming for American Jews, in fact in some cities it is already here.....and it doesn't distinguish between Conservative, mostly Orthodox Jews, and the Leftist secular Jews. If the left regains power in America there will be a second Holocaust. And the Progressive Left has seen the naïveté of American secular Jews and is ready to take full advantage of it. These useful idiot Jews might as well march themselves into the gas chambers where the Zyklon B will be EPA approved.
Thought the Third Reich died at the end of WWII? Guess again.
In America secular liberal Jews and the ADL have always voted for their own executioners. They are siding with and befriending America's enemies like Linda Sarsour and Rep. Keith x Ellison Mohammed. By embracing these Muslims in the name of diversity and tolerance they are signing their own death warrants. Most recently Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan and the Congressional Black Caucus have been very open in their anti-Semitism.
American secular liberal Jews are classic useful idiots. They will be useful to the Democrats until they are no longer useful. Noam Chomsky and all the other smug Leftist Jewish Israel haters like Ariel Gold, co-chair of Code Pink, Steven Goldstein, the director of the “Anne Frank Center.” Mark Hetfield, HIAS president, Hillel CEO Eric Fingerhut and The ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt will be swept up and sent away. In another era Goldstein, Hetfield, Greenblatt and Eric Fingerhut would be called Kapos or Sonderkommandos. These people are traitors to America and are selling out the Jews
They will know the truth when it is too late.
The Progressive Left has always been the source of Jew Hatred and Israel hatred, most significantly since the Six Day War. They always couch it in anti-Zionism. Like Germany in the 1920s today's American anti-Semitism finds fertile ground in academia. The BLM movement, the Israel Divestment BDS movement and the Students for Justice in Palestine, all at the universities are ground zero for anti-Semitism. Obama, Hillary and Kerry sold out Israel via the Iranian nuke deal.
And the way these leftist Jew haters conceal their real feelings is to mumble something about religion and government being separate and distinct. Except that Israel is a Jewish state, not a secular one. Of course these same maroons don't seem to have a problem with the "Islamic Republic of Take your Pick"
The Jews are no longer the favored pets of the Dhimmicrats. Hillary would have increased Obama's Muslim numbers in this country via refugee immigration, to the point they would have influenced policy. The Dhimmicrats do not care about the Jewish vote anymore.
If "Never Again" is supposed to mean something here is a message to all Jews in the U.S.:
Buy guns. A lot of them. And learn to use them. You will need them.
You've posted this comment before, but that's OK. It deserves to be reprised.
Thank you. IMHO it can't be posted often enough. I post whenever it's appropriate. However I don't know if enough Jews are listening or reading it.
Definitely an uphill battle.
You're obviously not a real, ethnic Jew, Michael Brown, so you have no credit. Nor am I and nor is anyone who reads this rag, but hey-- I grew up in that neighborhood, I listened, and I could probably conduct a better Seder than you guys at this point.
the comments from daniel staggers below are staggeringly disgusting. how c an this Jew-hater be printed here? he's obviously a nut from the fringes of Xianity-- either die hard Roman Catholic or from a bizarre fringe of Protestantism. his mouth should be stuffed with wafers till he chokes.
Roberto Luque Escalona is an Cuban émigré and intellectual. He wrote an article last year, “American Jews and Israeli Jews.” It makes no sense to him that many American Jews support the Democratic Party.
Many of them if not most of them are leftists and have very little to no connection to Israel. The lost XIVth tribe. Many are even anti-Semitic!
Democrat party. "Democratic" is an adjective, not a noun. Names are nouns.
When I first became aware of the fake, scamming charitable groups in the USA that availed themselves of millions of dollars in annual government grants of taxpayers' money for the sole purpose of bringing in, and resettling in American towns/cities, muslim refugees, I was astonished to learn that one of the largest of these groups were Jews. I was astonished to learn about the Catholics also, but knowing that muslims view Jews as an enemy above all other enemies and want them all dead, I simply could not understand this. Finally, I had no choice but to accept that, just as with the other groups feeding off taxpayer funds, getting free money was worth even helping sworn enemies, even actively helping bring more of them into your own country, where you were had been safe from being hated just for your religion. It ALWAYS seems to be about money, power, and/or fame/attention. Recently, I read an article about if Americans would act to protect a Jew if things got historically bad for them here in America. I have to say that, in such a situation, I would most certainly shelter a Jewish person or family in my home, but not one so irreligious as to actually help people sworn to kill all Jews and do so just for filthy lucra. For me, those Jews would just have to take their chances in an America that they had actively helped create. Maybe not very Christian of me, but there it is.
There are many non-government organizations making money by the settlement of illegal immigrants. That includes religious and non-religious organizations. There are various Christian organizations representing a number of denominations. I suppose the Jewish organization you did not name is HIAS. That used to be the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. They just use the initials now. They help immigrants who are not "Hebrew" these days, including Muslim Arabs. Originally they had private contributions, but now government pays organizations for its ends. It is also easier to take over an organization than to starts one and use it for other purposes.
The very term “non-government” should immediately trigger suspicion. McDonald’s is non-government too. All NGOs are government in disguise.
Most American Jews are secular, and they have eschewed the traditions of Judaism.
This is not the case with the Orthodox and Hasidim, of course; they are consistently part of the conservative base. But for the secular Jew enjoying his social prerogatives, divorced from his traditions, there isn't a compelling reason to remain loyal. Indeed, the prevailing winds have shifted in the opposite direction.
In fact, many Jews actually dislike other Jews - a factor of some significance that is rarely discussed; George Soros, for instance, is not atypical when he characterizes his origins in a Jewish family as anti-Semitic.
The Democrat party, and the leftist cant that informs it, grows more hostile to the Jewish people every day, yet it will continue to enjoy the support of the majority of the Jewish electorate.
Exodus 32:7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
I have a question for you, have you EVER met a pro-life Jew? Me either. They have a murder streak in them that supersedes all else. They will NEVER become Republicans because of that one issue. Much like Pro-Live people would NEVER become a pro-abortion liberal.
You are a liar, like your father Satan. Orthodox Jews are pro-life.
What an idiot statement. Jews have as many differing opinions on issues as do any other sect. To think that all Jews think alike shows how ignorant you are.
You are a moroff.
Aside from myself, I know quite a few. Now deal with the 80% of Americans who are at least nominally Christians.
Get lost, Mr. Nick Fuentes-wannabe.
I notice that you do not have any replies to the criticism of your comments, one can only assume that you have no answers only bitterness in your heart.
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FDR sent that boat back and he was still rewarded with a majority of Jewish votes in 1940 and 1944.
FDR played into Hitler's plan to show the world the Jews were not worth saving. With the return of the St Louis and England, Belgium and France took the passengers; that frustrated Hitler.
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