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Article: Opening the Discussion of American Jewish Political Conservatism.
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- American Jewish History
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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It is a truism that American Jews are prototypical liberals. Jewish voting patterns and a considerable body of historical as well as popular literature supports this wider understanding.(1) There is little reason to challenge this view Even though the 90 percent Democratic majorities of the 1940s among Jewish voters have declined somewhat--reaching that figure only in the 1964 election when Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater-Jewish support for Democratic presidential candidates has remained consistently high.(2) As a Republican or, perhaps more accurately, a conservative political trend took shape reaching a peak in the two Reagan administrations and the Republican ...
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