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The Jews That Choose Trump
“Israel is a red state and American Jews are a blue country.”

 Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam.

There is grumbling in progressive circles over polls showing that Orthodox Jews will vote for Trump. Among non-Orthodox Jews, Hillary beats Trump by 66 to 23 percent. Among the Orthodox, Trump beats her 66 to 22 percent. In New York, Hillary scores 61 to 19 percent among Jews, but among Orthodox Jews, Trump wins 50% of the vote while Hillary lags at 21%. 

It’s no wonder then that Jewish Democrats for Trump is largely targeting Orthodox Jewish voters.

Why Orthodox Jews? It might be tempting to attribute this support to Trump’s daughter having converted to Orthodox Judaism, but these same statistics were reflected in earlier elections.

This is as much about what Orthodox Jews aren’t as about what they are. The Jewish “area” that Trump supporters are focused on isn’t in Florida or New York. It’s Israel.
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