An astonishing 53% of New York Jewish voters plan to vote for former President Donald Trump in November election, new Siena College Votes Found.
The poll, which polled 65 Jews out of 806 voters, found that only 44% of select citizens in deep blue states would support President Joe Biden in the race.
The surge in New York Jewish voters supporting Trump comes in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamast terrorist attack on Israel, which has seen a spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes and anti-Israel protests in New York City. .
Meanwhile, Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkoff said President Biden has been harshly criticizing Israel for its war with Hamas, and the Democratic Party has been criticized for tolerating far-left lawmakers who sympathize with terrorists.
“The 11th commandment for Jews is, ‘Thou shalt vote Democratic.'” Now there is a 12th commandment. ‘Maybe you should become a Republican, darling,”’ Mr. Sheinkopf quipped.
Latest polls show a shift in New York’s Jewish vote, a “clear trend that’s been going on for a long time,” Sam Markstein, national policy director for the Republican Jewish Federation, said on X. writing.
Markstein cited former Long Island state Rep. Lee Zeldin’s unsuccessful 2022 gubernatorial bid. receive 46% Campaigning to defend yeshivas amid increased scrutiny and bashing of the state’s criminal justice reform laws resulted in an increase in the Jewish vote.
But according to a poll released this week with a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points, the sudden swing of New York Jews toward Republicans is not enough for Trump to win. Biden won the state over the former president, 48% to 36%.
Jews nationwide have long been a reliable voting base for the Democratic Party, voting an average of 71% for the Democratic Party in presidential elections since 1968. According to the Jewish Virtual Library.
Only 30% of Jews nationwide voted for Trump in the 2020 presidential election, and only 24% voted for Trump in his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton.
