The Jewish Week: “Firm Jewish Support for Cuomo”

David Streeter — October 6, 2010 – 11:42 am | Election 2010 | Polls Comments (0) Add a comment

The Jewish Week observed today that there is firm Jewish support behind Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo (D-NY). As reported by The Jewish Week:

Gaining significant inroads among Jews seems unlikely for Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as he heads into the final weeks of the election. His Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, was warmly received by leaders of the chasidic community Sunday - a flexible element of Jewish voters who are least likely to consider party lines - and a poll showed a huge disparity in Cuomo’s favor.

The Siena College poll released Tuesday found that three-quarters of Jews favor Cuomo, the state attorney general, compared to just 16 percent who said they’d vote for Paladino, a real estate developer from Buffalo who has embraced the angry, anti-big government Tea Party movement. That was the largest share of ethnic support for Cuomo after African Americans, who chose Cuomo at a rate of 94 percent to 0 for Paladino. Overall, 56 percent of the 636 likely voters polled by the college support Cuomo and 32 percent prefer Paladino.

Jewish voters also told the pollsters they were firmly committed to their choice, with 72 percent saying there is ‘no chance’ they will change their mind before Election Day.

The same poll referenced in The Jewish Week’s report also found that 61% of all respondents agree that New York gubernatorial candidate “Carl Paladino is a loose cannon, who doesn’t have the temperament to be governor.”

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