[Paleo Conservative]

So which states does this put in play, and which states will just be teases?

[AGreatPer]

Give this one a week and we will see. Depends upon what the Rabbits say at the gogs. Especially in Miami Beach and around where Rush lives.

[piytar]

It puts New York into play. If the NYC Jewish vote goes McCain/Palin, that will enable the conservative rural vote to carry the state. If McCain/Palin get New York, it is Game Over for The Obamanation.

[GoingBacktoCali]

New York, New Jersey, Florida, Penn and Ohio all have significant Jewish populations.

[Straight Vermonter]

New York	1,618,320	19,254,630	8.4
New Jersey	480,000	8,717,925	5.5
District of Columbia	28,000	550,521	5.1
Massachusetts	275,030	6,398,743	4.3
Maryland	235,350	5,600,388	4.2
Florida	653,435	17,789,864	3.7
California	1,194,190	36,132,147	3.3
Connecticut	111,830	3,510,297	3.2
Nevada	69,600	2,414,807	2.9
Pennsylvania	284,875	12,429,616	2.3
Illinois	278,810	12,763,371	2.2
Arizona	106,100	5,939,292	1.8
Colorado	78,620	4,665,177	1.7
Rhode Island	18,750	1,076,189	1.7
Delaware	13,500	843,524	1.6
Georgia	127,245	9,072,576	1.4
Virginia	97,840	7,567,465	1.3
Ohio	144,955	11,464,042	1.3
Missouri	59,165	5,800,310	1
Minnesota	46,685	5,132,799	0.9
Oregon	31,850	3,641,056	0.9
Michigan	87,665	10,120,860	0.9
Vermont	5,510	623,050	0.9
New Hampshire	9,970	1,309,940	0.8
Maine	10,315	1,321,505	0.8
Washington	43,135	6,287,759	0.7
Kansas	18,225	2,744,687	0.7
New Mexico	11,250	1,928,384	0.6
Texas	130,970	22,859,968	0.6
Alaska	3,425	663,661	0.5
Hawaii	6,990	1,275,194	0.5
Wisconsin	28,330	5,536,201	0.5
Louisiana	16,190	4,523,628	0.4
Nebraska	6,850	1,758,787	0.4
North Carolina	26,345	8,683,242	0.3
Tennessee	19,300	5,962,959	0.3
Kentucky	11,450	4,173,405	0.3
South Carolina	11,225	4,255,083	0.3
Indiana	17,420	6,271,973	0.3
Utah	4,400	2,469,585	0.2
Alabama	9,000	4,557,808	0.2
Iowa	6,140	2,966,334	0.2
North Dakota	430	636,677	0.1
Montana	850	935,670	0.1
Idaho	1,100	1,429,096	0.1
Arkansas	1,675	2,779,154	0.1
Oklahoma	5,050	3,547,884	0.1
Wyoming	430	509,294	0.1
West Virginia	2,335	1,816,856	0.1
Mississippi	1,500	2,921,088	0.1
South Dakota	295	775,933	(z)

Totals may not be exact due to rounding.

*Exclusive of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands which reported before 2002 Jewish populations of 1,500 and 350, respectively.

(z) Figure is less than 0.1 and rounds to 0.

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Source: Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “Jewish Population of the United States,

[rmlew]

It puts New Jersey in play. More importantly, it helps solidify Florida, Ohio, Colorado, and helps in Pennsylvania. If McCain can take any 3 of these, he wins.

[Clemenza]

Would help us in PA (lots of Jews in the Mainline suburbs of Montgomery County). If the election is close the 5%-7% of PA voters who are Jewish can swing it to McCain if they choose. Will also help solidify Florida (which McCain will carry easily, despite high black turnout) and it will be interesting if McCain carries heavily Jewish Palm Beach County and the Jewish precincts in Broward and Miami-Dade.

I don't see McCain carrying New York or California. There is a growing Jewish presence in Northern Virginia, but not enough to swing the election even if they defected to the GOP this time around. Even if he carried the heavily Jewish areas of NJ (Highland Park, Teaneck, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tenafly, etc.) he would still have to overcome the "urban vote" (dead and undead), to say nothing of the government employee vote (NJ has more state employees per capita than any other state).