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The Politics of American Jews

Herbert F. Weisberg 2019
Jewish voting is distinctive and paradoxical. Stereotypes about the voting habits of American Jews include that they vote at unusually high levels, that they're liberal, that they vote for Democratic candidates without regard to their self-interest, and that Israel is their most important issue. Not only are all of those claims wrong, but they obscure aspects of Jews' voting behavior that are much more interesting.

The Politics of American Jews uncovers new perspectives on Jews' political choices by analyzing the unprecedented amount of survey data that is now available, including surveys that permit contrasting the voting of Jews with that of comparable non-Jews. The data suggest several mysteries about Jewish voting. While more Jews are Democrats than are liberals, there has not been a previous exploration of why more politically conservative Jews are not Republicans.

A fresh picture of Jews' political behaviors shows that Jews are no longer politically monolithic. They vote on the basis of their self-interest and their values, but not all Jews share the same self-interest or the same values. While most Jews have incorporated being Democratic and liberal into their political DNA, growing divisions in their ranks suggest a mutation could occur.

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  • 978-0-472-12521-0 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-13135-8 (hardcover)
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  • Political Science:American Politics
  • Political Science:Political Behavior and Public Opinion
  • Jewish Studies
  • Political Science:Race and Politics
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. An Introduction to American Judaism and American Jewry
    • Chapter 1. Religion and/or Culture
    • Chapter 2. Differences among Jews
  • Part II. Explanations of Jews’ Politics
    • Chapter 3. The Social Identity of American Jews
    • Chapter 4. Reinstating Values and Self-Interest Explanations
    • Chapter 5. Minority Consciousness
  • Part III. The Distinctiveness of Jews’ Politics
    • Chapter 6. Resourced Participants
    • Chapter 7. More Democratic than Liberal
    • Chapter 8. Issue Replacement
    • Chapter 9. Politicized Attitudes on Israel
    • Chapter 10. The Missing Jewish Republicans
    • Chapter 11. Jewish Libertarians
  • Part IV. Presidential Voting
    • Chapter 12. What Makes Jews’ Voting Distinctive?
    • Chapter 13. Still Waiting for Realignment
    • Chapter 14. The 2016 Election and Beyond
    • Chapter 15. The Politics of Tradition
  • Data Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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Figure 6.1: Map showing Jewish population percentage by state.

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Fig. 6.1. Jewish population percentage by state

Figure 6.2: Graph showing Distinctiveness of Jews' presidential election turnout, 1992–2012.

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Fig. 6.2. Distinctiveness of Jews’ presidential election turnout, 1992–2012

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