Why are 90% of jews in congress Democrats?

Question

After all the *** kissing the religious right does for Israel, jews continue to vote overwhelmingly Democrat?

Could one reason be because they believe the far right is a hell of a lot more dangerous then the far left?

JEWS IN CONGRESS
http://www.ece.neu.edu/~xzhu/documents/jews108congress.html

"When pressed on why he identifies with Democrats, Mendelson points to the extremists on both sides. "I guess I would chose Democrats over Republicans because the people I have always felt that those on the left wing fringes of the Democratic party are not as dangerous as those on the right wing fringes of the Republicans."

He adds (different person), "I am biased to say I hope the Jewish community becomes more conservative, but I think you will never see more than 30 percent of Jews vote Republican."
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/940655/posts

Answer 1

Well, you see, everyone has their own opinions of things, right? Now you may say "yea, but this is MOST of the 'race' or 'culture' or w/e". Then, I would answer you that the Jews are all considered brothers and sisters, and all think alike, and act alike, etc. (at least most of them).

This explains why most of them are democrats....

I, for one, and all of my Jewish friends included, am a Republican, thank you very much!

Answer 2

Why do you say *** kissing? I mean, is it so hard for you to imagine that someone genuinely supports Israel, not because they want to *** kiss, but because they beleive it is the right thing to do and the right thing for America?

The truth of the matter is that most Jews vote Democrat because most Jews vote Democrat. It has become a tradition and traditions are not likely broken.
Also, another important thing to remember is that although many Jews are supportive of Israel, for a majority, Israel is not the end all and be all of their political positions. In other words, if candidate A is sort of supportive of Israel and candidate B is strongly supportive of Israel, they would not vote for candidate B merely because of that, unless he or she was a Democrat.
Which also goes into the belief that while Republicans these days are more supportive of Israel than Democrats, most people seem to think that they are sufficiently pro Israel.
For the record, I think that what you say is the opinion of a single person, "Medelson". I'd also be very curious to hear his arguments as to why right wing extemists are much more dangerous than left wing extremists and also hear him explain as to what influence both those parties have on the mainstream and why one would have much more sway than the other.

Answer 3

Jews are many times extra liberal than Christians and Muslims. The Democrat occasion is the liberal occasion mutually as the Republican occasion is the conservative occasion. This assertion is truer now than on the different time in our history. The moderates now administration the stability of skill, and that they voted Democrat interior the final election. Their is a some distance better share of Jews that carry extremist left-wing perspectives than Christians do, and their are a some distance better share of Christians that have extremist suitable-wing perspectives than Jews do. The Jews have extra of an effect on American politics than the different communities because of the fact they are very much over-represented interior the skill elite in Hollywood, in Congress, and interior the media.