Jews have traditionally voted disproportionately for Democrats, even when they were expected to do otherwise. Has anything changed this time?
Yes—even more Jews will vote for Democrats in 2020. Even putting aside every other motivation, they were persuaded to support Democrats when Donald Trump said that there were fine people marching on both sides of a neo-Nazi protest. The presidency is at the top of the ticket, and that informs, defines the environment for everybody else on the ballot. For American Jewish voters, this is the most urgent election in our history when it comes to our place in America. All the issues that impact American Jewish life, from supporting Israel to supporting the norms of democracy to supporting health care and the environment, are embedded in the decision to vote Democratic. The bottom line is tikkun olam: Do you want to repair the world or do you want a world that is regressing?
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