Video: Will Jews Decide the 2012 Elections?

Dr. Mitchell Bard discusses the Jewish vote: where it has gone in the past, and how it will affect the 2012 Presidential elections.

More information about the 2012 elections, focusing on Israel and the Middle East is at the Jewish Virtual Library -- 2012 Presidential Election: Focus on Israel and the Middle East

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NJDC Video of Israelis -- Another Fraudulent Attempt To Hold Onto Jewish Vote For Obama?

Last month, I blogged about this questionable video from the the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) which claims to illustrate that Israelis recognize Obama's strong support for Israel:

President Barack Obama's strong support for Israel has been recognized by Israeli leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as well as many pro-Israel leaders here in the United States. Now, watch the video to hear what Israelis living on the front lines think.

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Video Debate: Romney's Israel Trip And The Jewish Vote: J Street vs ECI

PBS Newshour had a segment on Will Mitt Romney's Israel Trip Help Win Over Jewish Voters in the U.S.?, featuring a debate between J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami and Emergency Committee for Israel's Noah Pollak on Mitt Romney's endorsement of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, his "culture" comment key and the Jewish vote in the upcoming November election.

Here is the video and the transcript:

The Middle East Media Sampler 7/25/2012: Trends In The Jewish Vote For The 2012 Election

From DG:

1) How Jews vote and why

David Bernstein writes about a recently released analysis by the Solomon Project on trends in the American Jewish vote:

If one digs a bit deeper into the report, one learns that current trends suggest that the American Jewish electorate will grow less Democratic in the future. First, unlike the rest of the electorate young Jews have been less likely to vote for Democratic presidential candidates over the least three elections. Indeed, about 75% Jews under 30 voted for the Democrat (compared to about 85% of the over-60 crowd)* [by the way, this renders the premise behind Sarah Silverman's "Great Schlep" rather ridiculous, no? Maybe the alter kockers in Boca should be going up to Pennsylvania and Ohio to persuade their grandchildren to vote Democrat, rather than vice versa],(the study tabulates the last three elections together for age].

Will Jewish Vote Be Obama's Enemy In Swing States Florida And Pennsylvania?

But while Jews do say they plan to vote for Obama over Romney — by 51% to 43% in the June poll — they don’t seem to support him in numbers much greater than the general population.
Jewish Forward, Are New York Jews Abandoning Obama?, June 18, 2012

Jonathan Tobin connects the dots--the dots that connect the Jewish vote for Romney in New York in an election year with Florida and Pennsylvania: