SLOWLY THEY TURN, STEP BY STEP (via ef brown):

U.S. Jews back strike on Iraq, says survey, but remain Democratic (Joe Berkofsky, Feb. 2, 2003, Global Jewish News)

Despite holding hawkish views on Iraq and the Palestinians, American Jews remain as Democratic as ever.

That’s according to the 2002 version of American Jewish Committee’s Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion, released this month. [...]

Despite support for Bush’s war on terror, 48 percent of Jews said they’re Democrats, 18 percent Republicans and 32 percent independent. Asked about their political views, 37 percent ranged from extremely to slightly liberal; 34 percent were moderate; and 29 percent ranged from extremely to slightly conservative.

These political positions differ somewhat from the other Jewish opinion survey, conducted by Steven Cohen, a professor of sociology at Hebrew University’s Melton Center. Cohen found younger American Jews are turning to the right.

That survey, which Cohen detailed in the weekly Forward, probed deeper into where Jews stand politically. Cohen maintains that while 71 percent of Jews older than age 65 identify themselves as Democrats, only 52 percent of those 35 and younger do.

Unfortunately American Jews don't even reproduce at replacement rate, so by the time they're 50%+ Republican they won't exist any more. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 4, 2003 10:21 AM