Evangelical Christians are strong supporters of Israel and the Jewish community. Jews are unlikely to see her evangelical background as a negative.
an awful lot of Jews view Evangelicals with deep suspicion, their support of Israel notwithstanding. It seems counterintuitive, but I have read of it, and heard Jewish acquaintances speak of it. I’m not saying Palin is going to be an issue with them; I don’t know enough about her to know that. But Evangelical support of Israel doesn’t seem to have much impact on American Jewish perception of Evangelicals.
Not exactly. Many secular jews are quite apprehensive about evangelical support. But most of them are far left libs who would never depart from punching the D ticket.
Obama is actually likely to get fewer jewish votes than Kerry, who did very poorly against Bush by historical standards. The reason is quite simple: McCain is a strong consistent supporter of Israel, while Obama has waffled on Jerusalem and other issues. Palin (and Biden) are not really relevant to the discussion.