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Many expected Jewish voters to turn away from the Democrat Party in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s sharp tilt away from Israel and towards Moslem nations, particularly Iran.

Andrew Kohut, in a RealClearPolitics article noted that “Republicans are not only politically more supportive of Israel in the Middle East conflict, they are much more likely than Democrats to believe that God gave Israel to the Jewish people. A 2013 Pew Research survey found a 58 percent majority of Republicans holding this view, compared with only 36 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of Independents.  Analysis of the survey suggests that this is partly because Republicans are more likely to believe in God than Democrats. But even when the comparison is limited only to people who believe in God, Republicans are still significantly more inclined than Democrats to hold the view that God gave Israel to the Jewish people.”

The Democrat leaderships’ move away from its Jewish supporters coincides with its drift into the hard-left. Progressive Anti-Semitism, often portrayed as anti-Israel or Pro-Palestinian, is broader than the traditional ethnically-based hatred that history is all too familiar with.  It contains the seeds of the broader Progressive/Left’s disdain and hatred for all religion. A devotion to religious principles means that individuals see a higher power than government, a belief that the Left, which places the power of government above individual rights, cannot co-exist with.

The reality and political power of modern anti-Semitism in the political Left is clear, and one need look no further than the fact that Keith Ellison, the former Congressman and newly elected Attorney General of Minnesota, served until the recent election as Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee. His past association with anti-Semites, particularly Louis Farrakhan (most recently noted for shouting “Death to America” while visiting Iran) and his statements that U.S. foreign policy is “governed” by Jewish interests, are well known.

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Another newly elected Democrat Congresswoman, New York’s Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, counts herself as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, a group which supports  the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

Haaretz reports that “According to a Pew Research Center survey, the percentage of Democrats saying they sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians has declined from 38 percent in 2001 to 27 percent in 2018 — the lowest level of support on record. Support for Israel further decreased among self-identified “liberal” Democrats from 48 percent in 2001 to 19 percent in 2018. In the same time period, their support for Palestinians rose from 18 percent to 35 percent. Some credit Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with normalizing such criticism of Israel. While the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate defined himself as “100 percent pro-Israel,” he recently called on the U.S. to adopt a more balanced policy toward Israel and the Palestinians. In late March, Sanders’ office posted three videos to social media harshly criticizing Israel for what he deemed its excessive use of force in Gaza and the Trump administration for not intervening during the border clashes. Left-wing activists have also drawn Democratic politicians into Israel controversies. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, penned a glowing Time magazine write-up of controversial progressive heroines and Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour. Mallory, in a non-apology steeped in intersectional progressive terminology, has since defended her own relationship with Farrakhan following his recent anti-Semitic rants. Sarsour, who argued that Zionism and feminism are incompatible, is a prominent supporter of BDS.”

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The intriguing question of whether the Democratic Party would be able to retain the loyalty of some of its traditional supporters whose interests no longer coincide with the leaderships’ policies appears to have been, at least for the moment, settled favorably for the organization. The loyalty is enjoyed despite increasingly clear evidence that the Democratic National Committee has adopted a progressive platform reflecting views of major hard-left donors and academic elitists that do not benefit at least two key groups who have demonstrated strong support for the party since the latter half of the 20^th Century.

Old habits die hard, and the vigorous, indeed strident, support of the Party by much of the media, including major news sources, social media giants, and the entertainment establishment has proved decisive. Despite adopting positions diametrically opposed to the interests of key supporters, especially Jewish and black voters, there was little indication that those demographics strayed from the Party in the 2018 election.

According to Pew Research in the 2018 election, Blacks favored Democrat congressional candidates by a margin of 90-9. Pew also reported that Jews favored Democrats by a 79-17 margin.

The support of Black Americans for Democrats is an interesting phenomenon. The Republican Party began as part of the fight to abolish slavery, an institution ardently supported by Democrats of the time. The GOP also fought against Democrats’ adoption of the doctrine of segregation.

Noted Historian Michael Barons’s Hoover study on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in American History  noted that “The inrush of blacks into the southern electorate in the 1860s and early 1870s was followed by moves by white Democrats to bar them from voting. Often these took the form of physical intimidation that might well be called terrorism; this persisted until the 1960s. Legal means were used as well: grandfather clauses, poll taxes, all-white Democratic primaries, literacy requirements administered discriminatorily.”

FactCheck.org  explains that “Blacks mostly voted Republican from after the Civil War and through the early part of the 20th century. That’s not surprising when one considers that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, and the white, segregationist politicians who governed Southern states in those days were Democrats. The Democratic Party didn’t welcome blacks then, and it wasn’t until 1924 that blacks were even permitted to attend Democratic conventions in any official capacity…”

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Johnson, a Southern Democrat, enjoyed overwhelming support from the media, and was cast as the champion of civil rights, gaining the support of black Americans for the Democrat Party.

The first black president, Barack Obama, was a Democrat.  But his policies didn’t help black Americans. Antonio Moore, a black American, explains in Newsmax: “By nearly every economic indicator, blacks [became] worse off than when President Obama was sworn into office. During Obama’s terms, black Americans experienced record lows in small business loans, and saw their lowest home-ownership rates in 25 years. This is along with having record highs in unemployment, and experiencing large amounts of wealth loss under his administration. Since Obama took office, the racial wealth gap grew over 30 percent.”

Dr. Michelle Diggles, in a Third Way article, notes that while some groups have remained loyal to the Democrat Party, others may be expected to change over the coming decades.

“Can Democrats rely on demographic cohesion to deliver them to power in coming elections? Are Hispanics, Asians, and Millennials brand-loyal to the Party? Two examples provide contrasting perspectives: black voters and Catholic voters. Black voters have supported the Democratic Party in large numbers…Conversely, Catholics, who were once stalwart Democrats in the early 1900s, became Reagan Democrats by the latter 20th century and now comprise a bloc of swing voters.”

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