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Source: https://jcpa.org/six-months-out-the-u-s-presidential-election-and-americas-jews/
Six Months Out: The U.S. Presidential Election and America's Jews
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Steven Windmueller, PhD - Since the mid-1980s, Israel has not been a central factor for most Jewish voters. In 2024, we note a higher degree of concern and attention to matters related to Israel's security and U.S. political and military support for the Jewish state. But for many American Jews, the Israel card will not necessarily define their voter preferences, as there are today an array of domestic and foreign considerations driving Jewish voting concerns for this fall's election. Jews vote in exceedingly high numbers; somewhere between 72% to 85% of Jewish voters live in "purple states" (states neither "red" nor "blue") where the 2024 contest for the control of the Office of the President, the Senate, and the House will be determined. In several critical states (Pennsylvania and Arizona, and to a lesser degree, Georgia), the "Jewish vote" might be particularly significant in determining the outcomes. The writer, Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, is a fellow of the Jerusalem Center.