Three-quarters of American Jews intend to vote for Joe Biden, a survey finds.
The poll by the American Jewish Committee quizzed 1,334 American Jews over the age of 18 on their political preferences. The telephone polling was conducted September 9-October 4, it says. The margin of error is 4.2%.
It finds that 75% say they’ll vote for Biden, and 22% for Trump. Support for Trump or Biden largely seems to be linked to religious affiliation.
The AJC says: “Trump is preferred by 74% of Orthodox, 23% of Conservative, 20% of Reform, 3% of Reconstructionist, and 14% of Secular Jews. Biden is the choice of 18% of Orthodox, 72% of Conservative, 78% of Reform, 93% of Reconstructionist, and 83% of Secular Jews.”
This combination of file pictures created on September 29, 2020, shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic candidate Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. (Jim Watson and Saul Loeb/AFP)
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