Great news! This year's annual American Jewish Committee Poll (note: link is to a PDF file) finds that Jewish Americans are increasingly identifying as Democrats.
According to the survey, a full 58% of Jews self-identify as Democrats. This is up 4% in the last year alone and a whopping 10% since 2002.
It is well known that 87% of Jews voted from Democrats in 2006, according to exit polls.
Some other encouraging findings from the poll:
- 82% of Jews say energy independence is very important, and a whopping 99% say it is at least somewhat important.
- 69% of Jews say that developing alternative energy sources is the best way for America to address its energy needs.
- 67% of Jews say we should have stayed out of Iraq. - 68% of Jews say the surge in Iraq has had either no impact or made things worse.
- 61% of Jews trust Democrats more on Iraq, compared with only 21% who trust Republicans.
- A plurality of Jews (43%) lean at least slightly to the left, while 74% identify as either moderate or liberal. Only 25% are at least slightly conservative.
- 62% of Jews trust Democrats more on the economy, compared with only 26% who trust Republicans.