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A new poll by the American Jewish Committee of 1,000 American Jews finds that only 16% claim the GOP as their party. President Bush does a little better, with 24% support among Jews against John Kerry's 69%. American Jews, once strongly in favor of the war in Iraq, are now strongly against it. Two-thirds (66%) disapprove of the war in the AJC's poll. But Bush's strong stand for Israel and against anti-Israel terrorists hasn't had nearly the effect Republicans thought it would. American Jews just aren't that single-minded. But votes aren't all that matter. Jews are also 25% of mega...

<p>The Bush-Cheney ticket is making an all-out effort this election to increase its take of the Jewish vote, a powerful voting bloc that could turn the tide in several battleground states.</p> <p>President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, who each addressed enthusiastic Jewish groups last month, have overseen one of the most aggressive pro-Israel agendas of any recent administration, which Republican campaign strategists and Jewish leaders say has loosened the Democrats' stranglehold on the Jewish vote.</p>