J Street Poll: Obama's Jewish support trounces Republicans
ByHILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDWASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama handily defeats his current Republican presidential opponents among Jewish voters, according to a poll put out by J Street Thursday.At the same time, the majority of American Jews disapproves of his handling of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the poll found.Obama currently enjoys 63 percent of the American Jewish vote compared to 24% for former Mitt Romney and 67% when facing off against Michele Bachmann, who received 19% support, according to the poll.Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Bachmann, a Minnesota Congresswoman, are leading polls of announced contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM
