To bash Jews. No one considers Ted representative of Catholics or Catholic values. The idea would be laughable. If you hate Madeline Albright, suddenly she's a Jew. Interestingly, particularly when you look at the Senate, many of them are elected from states virtually devoid of Jews, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermont. Even states like California, less than 3%, what does that matter. Sad to say, this is a conservative obsession.
Yes, when I see these "polls", I think the intent is to bash Jews to middle America and set us up for discrimination or some kind of attack in the future.