By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--August 3, 2020
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"Fully eight-in-ten self-identified white, born-again/evangelical Christians say they voted for Trump, while just 16% voted for Clinton. Trump's 65-percentage-point margin of victory among voters in this group--which includes self-described Protestants, as well as Catholics, Mormons and others--matched or exceeded the victory margins of George W. Bush in 2004, John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012… … Like Hispanic Catholics, religious "nones" and Jews were strong Clinton supporters. Indeed, nearly seven-in-ten religious "nones" voted for Clinton, as did 71% of Jews."Only 72% of white, born-again evangelical/ Christians currently approve Trump's handling of his job, according to a Pew Research Centre survey conducted June 16 to 22—a decline of 6 percentage points since April. Actioning his peace plan could see Trump's Evangelical vote restored to its 2016 levels. Delaying its implementation could see Evangelical support decline below 72%. Strong Jewish support for the Democratic Party has seemingly resulted from intermarriage--last measured at 58% in another 2013 Pew Research survey:
"Intermarriage rates seem to have risen substantially over the last five decades. Among Jewish respondents who have gotten married since 2000, nearly six-in-ten have a non-Jewish spouse. Among those who got married in the 1980s, roughly four-in-ten have a non-Jewish spouse. And among Jews who got married before 1970, just 17% have a non-Jewish spouse."
Author's note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"--one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com