Look at the link that Torie supplied in Reply No. 24, and tell me how the heck you arrive at that premise.
The latest in thing among American Jews is to vote for the GOP, it's a fad like eating Chinese.
They are not stupid, they know who their friends are.
I would think that the 1980 results alone prove that the Jewish vote is very much in play considering the circumstances.
They knew Carter was the PLO's friend.