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Congratulations to the Jewish Republican Winners of 2014
The Republican Jewish Coalition ^ | November 5, 2014 | Shari Hillman

Posted on 11/06/2014 10:33:17 AM PST by Clintonfatigued

The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) offers our warmest congratulations to the Jewish Republicans who won their races yesterday in the important election of 2014. We are especially delighted that Lee Zeldin won his congressional race in New York’s first district, making him the Jewish Republican in the 114th U.S. Congress. We are also pleased that the Jewish Republicans in state offices around the country won their reelections. Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel, South Dakota State Senator Dan Lederman, Texas State Representative and House Speaker Joe Straus and Texas State Representative Craig Goldman all won reelection. Congratulations to them all. And congratulations to Dan Schwartz, the incoming Nevada state treasurer. We are very proud of our members and friends who made the choice to serve, took on tough opponents, and won the day. We thank them for their service, offer them our continued support, and wish them success going forward.

(Excerpt) Read more at rjchq.org ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Israel; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Nevada; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: South Dakota; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; craiggoldman; danlederman; danschwartz; georgia; jewishrepublicans; joestraus; joshmandel; leezeldin; nevada; newyork; ohio; samolens; southdakota; texas
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To: Viennacon; jjotto; montag813; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; ml/nj; zeestephen; SeekAndFind; ...
One of the unreported news items this cycle is how the Democrats are bleeding Jewish voters, and I think this will become very apparent in New York, where the party’s insane social liberalism is at odds with the growing clientelle of ultra-orthodox jews.

One other Republican-leaning Jewish subgroup that fails to get much attention are the Russian (and Iron Curtain) Jewish immigrants who arrived here from about 1980 on, and their families. They were victims of Communist repression and are thus drawn to a robust US defense ideology and are repelled by leftist government overreach domestically.

Still another such subgroup are American Jews abroad in Israel, who are very knowledgeable about Obama's biases in the Middle East.

BTW, it is extremely difficult logistically to do accurate polling on how the entire American Jewish community voted in a specific election. One would have to think that the Jewish Republican vote is undersampled by polls (the vast majority of which are done by left-leaning organizations) because of aversions to and difficulties by the poll takers in interacting with orthodox and Russian Jews due to cultural and language differences. You can bet as well that American Jews abroad in Israel will not be polled at all because of expense.

In addition, these pollsters generally have a pro-'Rat bias from the get-go which influences their methods.

41 posted on 11/06/2014 6:22:20 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Asians were apparently almost an even split


42 posted on 11/06/2014 6:23:17 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Clintonfatigued

It is fact of politics that some groups almost unfailingly vote against their own interests. The Jewish voter ranks first in this regard. It just goes to show that political judgment has little to do with intelligence or even self-interest. I am often puzzled why otherwise very smart people vote as they do.

In the case of the Jews, they are heirs to the most profound of traditions; they have prospered in America as nowhere else in modern times. They should be thinking of the defense and survival of Israel. All these things should make them free-enterprise enthusiasts, pro-American, and pro-Israel. So why do they cling to socialistic ideas of old, 1890s eastern Europe? After the Holocaust, why do they think that pacifism is a rational response to people who would like to murder them? Why do they attack their own heritage, and even support enemies of Israel? One would think that they have a suicidal streak!

Some of my favorite people are Jewish, and yet the Jewish politicians are too often of a nasty character, typified by the hateful Sen. Schumer.

Likewise, the women who support liberalism in its modern form are clearly voting against female interests, unless one really believes that women are helped by the breakdown of the family, by the state’s taking over the upbringing of their children, by being put in combat in the infantry, and by legalization of dangerous drugs and prostitution.


43 posted on 11/06/2014 6:27:38 PM PST by docbnj
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To: justiceseeker93

Your comment is interesting, but it does not reflect political reality.

33 out of 34 Jewish members of Congress are Democrat.


44 posted on 11/06/2014 6:35:08 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: GeronL
Re: “Asians were apparently almost an even split”

Very hard to believe that number.

73% of Asians supported Obama in 2012, according to NEP, which is the exit polling service used by every major news organization in America.

45 posted on 11/06/2014 6:43:31 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I saw a breakdown posted on FR yesterday, it said Asians went 50-49 for Democrats


46 posted on 11/06/2014 6:45:21 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
I believe you saw it.

I'm saying it is hard to believe there has been a 23% turnaround in Asian voting when 73% of Asians voted to RE-ELECT Obama just 2 years ago.

47 posted on 11/06/2014 6:50:57 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen; Windflier
Windflier posted it, it compares to 2010 and it is "exit polls":


48 posted on 11/06/2014 6:54:32 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

So according to this poll Republicans did much worse in 2014 compared to 2010


49 posted on 11/06/2014 7:00:53 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: Truthsearcher

I was wondering about that. Probably has to do with trying to count nationally when places like Kalipornia mess it up.


50 posted on 11/06/2014 7:02:49 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: ripley
There are a fair number of Jews been around Free Republic for a while. Like me. H*ll, my son has been a member since '01. So, I take that as a good sign.
51 posted on 11/06/2014 8:06:20 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Bump


52 posted on 11/06/2014 8:06:36 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Sun

Isreal has unsurprisingly quit as DCCC chair. It would have been SO SWEET if he had lost.


53 posted on 11/06/2014 8:57:24 PM PST by Impy (Choke on it dems, your tears are delicious)
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To: zeestephen; Clintonfatigued; Impy; InterceptPoint; rmlew; ml/nj; doug from upland; holdonnow; ...
33 out of 34 Jewish members of Congress are Democrat.

But that does not mean that 33 out of 34 Jewish voters vote Democrat. (That would be about 97%, which is even slightly higher than the % of the black vote that 'Rats usually get.) Obama supposedly got 70% of the Jewish vote in 2012, but considering the factors I mentioned, it was probably a few points lower than that. If Zero had been running for president this year, I would estimate he would get no more than 60% of the Jewish vote, likely even less.

BTW, Josh Mandel, re-elected Ohio State treasurer as mentioned in the posted article, lost narrowly for US Senate two years ago in a state with massive 'rat fraud. If hypothetically he had run against the same opponent this (Republican) year, he would have like won that Senate race.

54 posted on 11/07/2014 3:48:55 AM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: zeestephen

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55 posted on 11/07/2014 5:04:42 AM PST by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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56 posted on 11/07/2014 5:11:08 AM PST by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: ansel12

Until 12 years ago when he retired there was another Jewish Repub in the House, Ben Gilman was our congressman in Rockland and Orange counties. He was liberal on many social issues, but staunchly conservative in other areas such as Veteran’s affairs, 2nd Amendment, Israel.


57 posted on 11/07/2014 5:22:23 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: zeestephen

For decades it seemed like registering as a dem was as sacrosanct as Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and circumcisions. My parents were democrats at one time but became Repubs around the same time as Pres. Reagan, and for the same reasons, they didn’t leave the party, the party left them.


58 posted on 11/07/2014 5:25:57 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: justiceseeker93; AuH2ORepublican; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj

I think Mandel surely would have won this year.

Maybe even Sharon Angle would have won, Nevada rats got REAMED.


59 posted on 11/07/2014 6:20:51 AM PST by Impy (Choke on it dems, your tears are delicious)
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To: zeestephen

“In 2008 American Jews supported Obama by 78%.
In 2012, they supported Obama by 70%.
Yesterday, I read a poll from a Jewish organization that said just 65% of Jewish”

OK, so the Dims are bleeding 2.16% of my Tribe per year.

In short, in a decade if the trend continues, Jewish people will be a reliable Republican block.


60 posted on 11/07/2014 6:48:55 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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