[DJ Taylor]

To me, the real mystery is why Jewish Americans are, for the most part, Democrats.

[DesertRhino]

And Catholics too

[Reeses]

To me, the real mystery is why Jewish Americans are, for the most part, Democrats.

It's very simple: Jews and Asians mostly live in cities. Cities vote Democrat, rural areas vote Republican, suburbs are a mixed bag. Cities are communes where most everything is shared and little property is personally owned. As farm automation continues, young Americans needing jobs are forced into the communes where most of them eventually become communists.

[driftless2]

Because frankly, when Jews first started emigrating to America in large numbers during the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the Dems made them feel welcome. The Republicans in those days made it plain they didn't much like Jews. That feeling of being excluded from the world of the rich, eastern, snooty Pubbies who ran the party in those days remained with many ordinary Jews for years and until this day.

While many ordinary Dems were anti-Semitic, they weren't the ones keeping Jews out of elite universities, jobs, or clubs. Rich, white, wealthy Republicans were. And that's why many Jews identify with the Thief Party...oh, excuse me... Dem party to this day.