Liberal group's poll claims
According to a poll by the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring, "Jewish voters prefer President Obama to Mitt Romney two to one." Israel is NOT a factor in their decision.The poll's questions and results are provided at http://circle.org/wcnationalpoll2012/.
The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring's mission statement at http://circle.org/mission/, omits any mention of Israel.
Complete with several colorful graphs, a few of the things the report fails to mention are
- How many people were polled
- When was the poll conducted
- How was the poll conducted - phone, face-to-face, mail, WWW
- Where was the "national" poll conducted
- How many Jews were polled in each location - e.g., Greater NYC, Deal, San Francisco, LA, Denver, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Madison
- If the polled Jews have relatives in Israel or were they Israelis
- The polled Jews' affiliation, if any (e.g., O/C/R/H/Re; Ashkenazi, Sefardi)
The questions graphically shown on the organization's Web site seem to lack bias - in print. How the poll was conducted might tend to skew results.
I'll concede that for many American Jews, particularly the non-observant ones, Israel has little or no significance. For others, Israel is the only issue.
The poll results may be accurate.
But I neither trust, not allow myself to be influenced by, polls.
The only thing I can say about the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring's poll is: "No one asked ME!"
Probably just as well.
