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In reply to the discussion: WashPost asks: "Why aren't Jews backing Sanders?" Which raises another important question: [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)77. That poll is biased:
AJC POLL: U.S. JEWS SPLIT ON IRAN DEAL, CLINTON THE PREFERRED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
September 11, 2015
WASHINGTON (JTA)
Thats a virtual tie, based on the 4.7 percent margin of error. The poll of 1,035 Jews was conducted Aug. 7-22 by GfK. Recent general population polling has showed support for the deal plummeting to the 20s.
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On the Iran deal, the AJC pollsters went for a straightforward question: Recently, the U.S., along with five other countries, reached a deal on Irans nuclear program. Do you approve or disapprove of this agreement?
A range of other polls of U.S. Jews on the Iran issue have been accused of bias because of questions that attempted to contextualize or explain the deal.
In a follow-up question, the AJC respondents showed a lack of confidence in the ability of the deal to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Those who replied very confident numbered just 4.9 percent, while somewhat confident were at 30.7 percent; The not so confident came in at 30.1 percent and the not at all confident were at 33.2 percent. Overall, that showed 35.6 percent expressing confidence in the deal and 64.3 percent expressing a lack of confidence.
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Respondents were slightly likelier than not to believe that ties between the United States and Israel were strained. Asked if U.S.-Israel ties were getting better or worse, 4.7 percent said better and 42.2 percent said they were the same, while 51.9 percent said they were worse.
Respondents were culled from a pool of 55,000 people who had been asked through a system of random selection to participate in such surveys. They responded via email.
Traditional pollsters prefer cold-calling, saying that self-selection in this case, by agreeing to be part of a survey pool inevitably skews results, leaving out respondents who might otherwise not have prepared themselves for polling. However, with the advent of cell phones, cold-call surveys have become for some groups prohibitively expensive, and an increasing number of polls are conducted through email among respondents who have expressed a willingness to be surveyed.
- See more at: http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=7oJILSPwFfJSG&b=8479729&ct=14762867#.dpuf
September 11, 2015
WASHINGTON (JTA)
Thats a virtual tie, based on the 4.7 percent margin of error. The poll of 1,035 Jews was conducted Aug. 7-22 by GfK. Recent general population polling has showed support for the deal plummeting to the 20s.
...
On the Iran deal, the AJC pollsters went for a straightforward question: Recently, the U.S., along with five other countries, reached a deal on Irans nuclear program. Do you approve or disapprove of this agreement?
A range of other polls of U.S. Jews on the Iran issue have been accused of bias because of questions that attempted to contextualize or explain the deal.
In a follow-up question, the AJC respondents showed a lack of confidence in the ability of the deal to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Those who replied very confident numbered just 4.9 percent, while somewhat confident were at 30.7 percent; The not so confident came in at 30.1 percent and the not at all confident were at 33.2 percent. Overall, that showed 35.6 percent expressing confidence in the deal and 64.3 percent expressing a lack of confidence.
...
Respondents were slightly likelier than not to believe that ties between the United States and Israel were strained. Asked if U.S.-Israel ties were getting better or worse, 4.7 percent said better and 42.2 percent said they were the same, while 51.9 percent said they were worse.
Respondents were culled from a pool of 55,000 people who had been asked through a system of random selection to participate in such surveys. They responded via email.
Traditional pollsters prefer cold-calling, saying that self-selection in this case, by agreeing to be part of a survey pool inevitably skews results, leaving out respondents who might otherwise not have prepared themselves for polling. However, with the advent of cell phones, cold-call surveys have become for some groups prohibitively expensive, and an increasing number of polls are conducted through email among respondents who have expressed a willingness to be surveyed.
- See more at: http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=7oJILSPwFfJSG&b=8479729&ct=14762867#.dpuf
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WashPost asks: "Why aren't Jews backing Sanders?" Which raises another important question: [View all]
EffieBlack
Mar 2016
OP
I will have to tell everyone at the synagogue where I work to take off those Sanders shirts, I guess
villager
Mar 2016
#1
I'm adult enough to ignore the Clinton supporters who do that shit and not complain about it.
Autumn
Mar 2016
#9
Deluge of lectures meaning that Stockholm Syndrome post which also targeted LGBT which is never
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#16
Many thanks, the antisemitic undertone has been building was sure to get fully rolling soon enough..
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#114
Many Jews also support Republicans because they think Obama has been too hard on Netanyahu.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#14
"Do you deny that Hillary has a larger share of Jewish support than Sanders?"
Loudestlib
Mar 2016
#43
Posts 2, 3, 30, 33, and 70 seem to take your claims to the woodshed. True or not?
kristopher
Mar 2016
#97
Just as all women don't have to support 'the woman', all Jews don't have to support 'the Jew'.
cyberpj
Mar 2016
#7
And now this shit begins....more bait, more hooks, it's Stockholm Part Two, Electric Boogaloo
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#18
No, this is using that as an excuse to serve cooked-up Brock-lie smeared with smarm looks like.
kristopher
Mar 2016
#98
God, not more attempts to stir up racial divisions. Does Team Hillary have *any* other plays?
Marr
Mar 2016
#27
You say that as though there aren't already tens of thousands of minorities
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2016
#36
That's what I thought. Not nearly the dedicated voter block as AfAms with HRC.
aikoaiko
Mar 2016
#48
I'm Jewish. I support Sanders. According to the current agenda of DU, you asking this question
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2016
#41
Working in media, you should know the dangers of absolute terms like "All" and "None"
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#65
Very similar to the reasons African Americans are supporting her. Deep history. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#49
Has Bernie Sanders ever addressed growing antisemitism on US college campuses?
grossproffit
Mar 2016
#84
Agree. And every time they do it, it hurts their cause in the long run.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#103
What I have noticed is that a lot of media pundits of Jewish persuasion tend not to back
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2016
#91
Please explain to me why you think a person's religion, race, gender should play a role ...
slipslidingaway
Mar 2016
#105
With all these groups not supporting Sanders how the flying fuck does he win any primaries?
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2016
#111