Poll: Jews prefer Clinton over Trump, 52-23 per cent

The only religious group showing stronger favourability ratings for the Democratic nominee is Muslims

WASHINGTON — Jewish voters favour Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump 52 to 23 per cent, according to poll tracking by Gallup.

The only religious group showing stronger favourability ratings for the Democratic nominee in data collected from July 1-Aug. 28 is Muslims, who favour Clinton over Trump 64 to 9 per cent, according to the analysis posted Tuesday by Gallup.

Jews tend to favour the Democratic nominee by 10-15 points more than the general population, and this polling is no different; Gallup’s latest general population favourability ratings, for the week Aug. 24-30, show Clinton at 39 per cent and Trump, the Republican nominee, at 33.

Clinton also fares better than Trump among Catholics, 45-33, other non-Christian religions, 48-18 and atheist/agnostic, 44-19.

Trump fares better than Clinton among only two religious groups listed by Gallup, Protestants and other Christians, 40 to 35, and Mormons, 33-16.

Trump has come under fire for his broadsides against Muslims and other minorities. His expressions of antipathy toward Mexicans likely also hurt him among Catholics; Trump earns 44 per cent approval to Clinton’s 34 per cent among non-Hispanic Catholics, but scores 12 per cent to Clinton’s 67 per cent among Hispanic Catholics.

Gallup did not provide margin of error data, but its telephone surveys, reaching 500 people daily, are considered among the most thorough when assessed cumulatively, as in this survey.

A recent poll of Florida Jews carried out by a polling firm close to J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, found that 66 percent of Jews said they would vote for Clinton over 23 percent for Trump. Only Orthodox Jews as a group favoured Trump over Clinton, by a margin of 3-1.

The Florida question, however, was phrased differently, asking respondents whom they would vote for, and not whom they favoured, as in the Gallup survey.

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