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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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  • 978-0-472-13135-8 (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 1.1: Pie chart showing What Jews consider most important to their Jewish identity.

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From Chapter 1

Fig. 1.1. What Jews consider most important to their Jewish identity

Figure 1.2: Pie chart showing Proportion of Jews viewing being Jewish as a matter of ancestry/culture, religion, or both.

Figure 1-2

From Chapter 1

Fig. 1.2. Proportion of Jews viewing being Jewish as a matter of ancestry/culture, religion, or both

Figure 1.3: Graph showing Which topics Jews consider an essential part of their being Jewish.

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Fig. 1.3. Which topics Jews consider an essential part of their being Jewish

Figure 2.1: Pie chart showing Size of Jewish denominations.

Figure 2-1

From Chapter 2

Fig. 2.1. Size of Jewish denominations

Figure 2.2: Graph showing Denominational differences in viewing being Jewish as a matter of ancestry/culture, religion, or both.

Figure 2-2

From Chapter 2

Fig. 2.2. Denominational differences in viewing being Jewish as a matter of ancestry/culture, religion, or both

Figure 5.1: Graph showing Average ratings of Jews by members of other religious traditions.

Figure 5-1

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Fig. 5.1. Average ratings of Jews by members of other religious traditions

Figure 5.2: Graph showing Proportion of Jews perceiving groups as anti-Semitic.

Figure 5-2

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Fig. 5.2. Proportion of Jews perceiving groups as anti-Semitic

Figure 5.3: Graph showing Average ratings by Jews of other religious groups.

Figure 5-3

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Fig. 5.3. Average ratings by Jews of other religious groups

Figure 5.4: Graph showing Regression analysis of Jews' party identification.

Figure 5-4

From Chapter 5

Fig. 5.4. Regression analysis of Jews’ party identification

Figure 6.1: Map showing Jewish population percentage by state.

Figure 6-1

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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.

Figure 6-2

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

Figure 7.1: Graphs showing Comparison of the politics of Jews and the politics of the public.

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Fig. 7.1. Comparison of the politics of Jews and the politics of the public

Figure 7.2: Graphs showing Distinctiveness of Jews' politics.

Figure 7-2

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Fig. 7.2. Distinctiveness of Jews’ politics

Figure 7.3: Graphs showing Jews' politics by denomination.

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Fig. 7.3. Jews’ politics by denomination

Figure 7.4: Graph showing Regression analysis of bases of Jews' politics.

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Fig. 7.4. Regression analysis of bases of Jews’ politics

Figure 7.5: Graphs showing Politics of Jews by sociodemographic characteristics.

Figure 7-5

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Fig. 7.5. Politics of Jews by sociodemographic characteristics

Figure 7.6: Graphs showing Changes in politics of Jews and Non-Jews.

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Fig. 7.6. Changes in politics of Jews and Non-Jews

Figure 9.1: Graph showing Regression analysis of Jews' feelings of connection to Israel.

Figure 9-1

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Fig. 9.1. Regression analysis of Jews’ feelings of connection to Israel

Figure 10.1: Graphs showing Jews' partisanship by their ideology.

Partisanship by Denomination for Jewish Political conservatives

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Fig. 10.1. Jews’ partisanship by their ideology

Figure 11.1: Diagram showing An expanded ideological classification.

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Fig. 11.1. An expanded ideological classification

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