Poll: US Jews back Democratic candidates over Bush

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U.S. Jews would overwhelmingly support any major Democratic candidate over President George W. Bush if the election were held today, according to the 2004 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion.

Joe Lieberman, the only Jewish candidate, would defeat Republican Bush by the largest margin, 71 percent to 24%, the poll found.

In one-on-one matchups with the president, Howard Dean, Wesley Clark, John Kerry and Richard Gephardt would each receive about 60 percent of the Jewish vote, compared to about 30% for Bush, according to the survey conducted for the American Jewish Committee and released Monday.

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Still, Republican leaders have been courting Jews, and the poll did find a slight increase in the percentage who considered themselves Republican, from 9% in 2000 to 16% in 2004.

However, more than half of those surveyed identified themselves as Democrats. About one-third said they were independent.

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