Comments on: Update: Sabato on Obama’s Jewish vote http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2009/04/28/update-sabato-on-obamas-jewish-vote/ Political Talk from James Besser in Washington Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:12:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2009/04/28/update-sabato-on-obamas-jewish-vote/#comment-1745 Michael Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:37:13 +0000 http://jewish-politics-ny.com/?p=210#comment-1745 The exit poll that Sabato is relying on is worthless. See the Forward story before the election http://www.forward.com/articles/14475/ Whether it's 78 or 83 or 12, none of these numbers are actually a reliable way of gauging the Jewish vote. The bottom line is we have no idea what percentage of Jews voted for Obama. We have some idea of what a random sampling of Jews in a key part of Florida voted for Obama. It's time to stop reporting phony numbers and admit that the actual Jewish vote percentage is a big question mark. The exit poll that Sabato is relying on is worthless. See the Forward story before the election

http://www.forward.com/articles/14475/

Whether it’s 78 or 83 or 12, none of these numbers are actually a reliable way of gauging the Jewish vote.

The bottom line is we have no idea what percentage of Jews voted for Obama. We have some idea of what a random sampling of Jews in a key part of Florida voted for Obama.

It’s time to stop reporting phony numbers and admit that the actual Jewish vote percentage is a big question mark.

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