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| First exit poll of actual American votes from Israel shows big McCain win |
| 2008-10-30 |
| Tom Gross, "Media Blog" @ National Review Within the last hour, the first exit poll of 817 Americans in Israel, who attended U.S. election voting events in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening to vote by absentee ballot, has been released. A startling 76 percent of those polled said that they had voted for John McCain. This contrasts sharply with pre-election polls of American Jews in the U.S., which indicate a strong preference for Obama. The exit poll findings of American voters in Israel are all the more surprising because less than one in four were registered Republicans, and 46% of registered Democrats living in Israel said they had crossed party lines to vote McCain. By contrast, the Republican crossover to Obama was minimal – just 2%. The votes are significant as almost half of the 42,000 registered U.S. voters living in Israel come from key swing states including Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the 2000 and 2004 elections, Israel had the third-largest group of American voters abroad, after Canada and Britain. The exit poll was commissioned by Votefromisrael.org, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting voter registration and participation amongst American citizens living in Israel. Statistical outlier, or leading indicator? We'll know in a few days. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 The posted article did not say whether or not the Americans living in Israel were Jews or Christians, etc.. How do you explain that American Jews in the U.S. are going for Obama 70% and 25% for McCain (latest IBD/TIFF poll)? Israel tended to do well under the policies of Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush 2. They would do well under McCain (probably much better than under Obama). All can figure is that there are not many conservative Jewish people; they mostly are liberal. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-10-30 16:23 |
| #3 OK, American Jews /= Israeli-Americans. They're rather closer to reality in the once-and-future Palestinian homeland aka The Coming Glass-Lined Crater Next To The Dead Sea. American Jews as a demographic tend to vote with the reality-based, and often have less than a close relationship with the real. They *love* fictional creations like The Narrative That Walks Like A Man. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-30 11:37 |
| #2 Has Obama's 'ministry of truth' filed a lawsuit to ban the ballots yet? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-30 11:26 |
| #1 Alan Dershowitz supports Obama, but got a very cool reception when he spoke to Orthodox Jews in NY. They neither trust nor like him. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-30 10:55 |