“Yes, but given Jews are 2% of the population, their votes weren’t the deciding factor, were they?”
It’s not their votes, it’s their money and where they send it. As I was told long ago regarding NY City, the Jews were SICK of being targeted by the blacks in the Crown Heights Riots in 1991, which is why the city, 90% Democrat, chose 20 years of hard-core Republican rule immediately thereafter (Rudy and Bloomberg).
You have to be kidding. What years was their hardcore Republican rule? That never happened. Giuliani was never a hardcore Republican. Pretty much he was only a Republican because of law & order issues. Michael Bloomberg was a Democrat, until he became a Republican to win his first term. He switched to Independent for his second term, then Democrat. But he was never hardcore. He wasn’t even as strong on crime as Giuliani.