Stop talking about the US ‘Jewish vote’. It's not that simple | Judith Levine

I AM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY IS OBSESSED WITH THIS FICTIONAL 'JEWISH VOTE' LIKE IT IS SOME MONOLITHIC BLOCK, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE JUDITH LEVINE IS BASICALLY SCREAMING THAT JEWS ARE NOT A SINGLE VOTING BLOC AT ALL. IT IS LIKE, 2 PERCENT OF THE ELECTORATE, AND WHILE THEY TREND LIBERAL AND 79 PERCENT WENT FOR HARRIS IN 2024, PARTIES KEEP ASSUMING THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT ISRAEL NO MATTER WHAT. MEANWHILE, REPUBLICANS ARE OUT HERE WAGING THIS FAKE WAR ON ANTISEMITISM WHILE COURTING WHITE SUPREMACISTS, WHICH IS HONESTLY WILD, AND THE GEOGRAPHY IS EVEN WEIRDER BECAUSE A THIRD OF JEWS LIVE IN JUST 20 DISTRICTS, MOSTLY BLUE, EXCEPT FOR JERSEY’S FOURTH DISTRICT WHICH IS ULTRA-ORTHODOX. PEOPLE ARE JUST REDUCING COMPLEX COMMUNITIES TO ONE ISSUE, ANYWAY SOMEBODY BUY ME A SHOT FOR THAT ONE.

NO BUT ACTUALLY THOUGH, WE REALLY NEED TO STOP PRETENDING THE 'JEWISH VOTE' EXISTS AS ONE SINGLE THING BECAUSE IT IS JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS. ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN, JEWISH AMERICANS ARE LARGELY LIBERAL, AND THE DATA SHOWS THEY OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED FOR KAMALA HARRIS, YET BOTH PARTIES ARE STILL PLAYING THIS GAME. REPUBLICANS THINK JEWS ARE UP FOR GRABS, AND SOMEHOW THEY THINK THEY CAN COURT THEM WHILE ALSO HANGING OUT WITH WHITE SUPREMACISTS, WHICH IS A BOLD STRATEGY. THEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND MOST JEWISH VOTERS ARE CLUMPED IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA, BUT THE ONLY GOP OUTLIERS ARE PLACES LIKE JERSEY'S FOURTH DISTRICT BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES. IT IS LESS ABOUT ONE ISSUE AND MORE ABOUT ACTUAL DEMOGRAPHICS. ANYWAY THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE.

An opinion piece in The Guardian argues that the concept of a monolithic 'Jewish vote' is flawed, noting that Jewish voters are diverse, generally lean liberal, and reside primarily in deep blue districts.

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