Why are so many Jews in this country Democrats? (note: this does not include my own family, we dislike both Democrats and Republicans - often equally) My educated guess, made from my knowledge of jewish culture and political parties in the U.S., is that these Jews support the more fiscally involved government (a.k.a. socialism) and the more liberal social policies. What confuses me most is the high precentage of Democrats amongst the Jews living here in the North Shore. Democrats are far more likely to increase taxs on the upper-middle class bracket that they are a part of, so why vote Dem.?
A behavior I have indirectly noticed from my parents stories about their Jewish friends and colleagues is that quite a number of them have moved some of their money to Israel, which apparently has more money in its banks than Sweden or Suadi Arabia. (Unfortunately, I do not seem to be able to find this information on CIA Factbook a second time. I will keep trying to find it and may edit this post later.) This may explain how these same upper-middle class Jews can vote for the very Democrats that will pass the laws to take more of their money.
Other groups also seem to have strong affiliations with one party or the other. Any thoughts on those groups and why they choose the party they choose?
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I don't get the impression that what you said about your political indifference is true. You say you dislike republicans and democrats equally, but you spend most of the time saying what is wrong with today's democrats. Also I think you may be a little misled if you think the Northshore is predominantly democrat, just look at our house representative Mark Kirk, who has often been compared to former President George W. Bush.
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