1. title: "U.S. Primaries Reveal Jewish Voting Trends"
date:2/8/2008
source: http://www.thejc.com/Home.aspx?ParentId=m11s19&AId=57906&ATypeId=1&secid=19&prev=true
2. Summary: This article was quite an interesting one. Having never been on this site before, i never knew that the jewish community had a special paper let alone a website to keep up with the news in Israel and such. I also was surprised to see that the incline in the jewish community's voting choices is called,"Super Tuesday." Senator Hillary Clinton was an apparent favorite in places like New Jersey and New York, but also in other states where Jews play a role in elections. Barrack Obama did well with the Jewish community's polls as well. The state of New York has about 1.6 million jewish people that populate it. Over 69% of those people voted for Hillary Clinton. In California, however, Obama beat out Hillary and he also won the majority in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Arizona. Obama, recovering from an email slam that accused him of being a Muslim, (when he is a church-going Christian), and he was scowled at when stating that he would negotiate with the leaders of Syria and Iran if elected. On the Republican side, the polls could not provide information due to the fact that not many Jews are Republicans. It will be interesting to see how the elections turn out and how the Jewish community has affected it.
3.Reaction: This article has to do with the AP World theme of interaction between cultures and regions because of the whole idea of the Jewish community having their own newspaper and poll how the jewish community overall reacts to certain political figures and which appeal to their religious/political beliefs.
History: The history behind this issue is the age-old presidential election, the democrat vs. republican, and which majority of minorities choose which president. Apparently, according to this article, most Jewish people are democrats.
Point of View and how it affects what is being written: Being as this is a Jewish newspaper, this article is naturally geared towards the Jewish community and not towards much else. They focus on who the JEWISH community feels is the proper person to be president, not on the OTHER many minorities out there, for instance, TEENAGERS?:] This article may also be one-sided in the fact that since the Jewish community is mostly Democrat,(according to the article which may in fact be one-sided in itself) the whole thing is not generally geared towards Republicans at all.
Who i would like to hear from (missing voice): it would have been helpful to have seen possibly an interview with one of the candidates for president such as Clinton or Obama to clearly see how they feel they can best represent the Jewish community, or whether they knew the Jewish community was on their side at all.
What i thought about this article: this article made me feel...unimportant. I definetly felt the strong point of view and the voice reeked of superiority. I am half jewish, but i feel that a newspaper geared towards a specific religion is a little too much...correct me if I'm wrong but, is there a Christian newspaper? With a big church on the front? I just kind of dislike documents and people that feel they are superior to others. The Jewish community may feel like they are supported or "at home" when they read this article, but I just feel small. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.!!!!:]
lOVE, niKKI
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dear nikki,
(im not really sure if im following an outline or anything to respond to articless but here i go anyhow...)
I really liked your article and the fact that the topic got you to think about other minorities in the United States and what their political views are on the up coming election. Also, I was interested to hear that the majority of Jewish Americans were democrats, which probably means that their religious morals are reflected and are contributed to their decision making in politics. However, I may have to disagree with you on the "special newspaper geared towards specific religions", because there are many minorities, groups and religions that have their own newspapers pertaining to their beliefs, customs and people. As far as teen voices are concerned in the upcoming elections, I’m sure there are blogs and/or websites where teens can discuss and share how they feel about the candidates and politics. I feel small sometimes too! That’s why you have to look for these newspapers and websites and such that appeal to you and your beliefs such as The Jewish Chronicle did for the population of Jewish Americans! Great job on your topic choice and article!
-alea<3
Dear Nicole<3
I do agree with your point of view on this article, about disliking it and the fact that this is mainly a Jewish newspaper. I also feel that this article was most definitely written in the point of view of a Jewish person, but also that this Jewish person was a little stereotypical. I don’t think it was fair to write such generalizations about the Jewish communities and their political views. So I definitely agree with you on the fact that this was a one sided article. But I did think that this article was interesting because of the fact that it brought those poll statistics into view. I think that this was a great article to choose for this assignment GO NICOLE<3 and I thought that the subject that this topic refers to are interesting ones to discuss, and I think that this would be a prime example of a piece of writing that should definitely be analyzed for biased before taking out any information from it…p.s. great job nicolee=]
Lexi<3
and i pretty much agree with alea except for the minorites and religious newpaper topic..
Hey Nicole, that was a great response and article. It was very interesting to hear your opinion about whether or not this was stereotypical. I do agree with you on some counts, like who you would like to hear from. Talking to one of the candidates would have been very interesting and beneficial. I also, like you, thought that it was wrong to keep out a whole political party while talking about the end polls.
But, however, it is normal for generalizations to be made like this for elections, because how else are they supposed to get results? The people who do the end polls ask if the voter is Jewish and then who they voted for in the primaries. The same thing happens with different age groups, genders and ethnicities.
Also, when you were talking about teenagers not being involved, I disagree. I'm sure there are, if you look, websites, forums and blogs where teens can speak out and give their opinions. No offense, but they don't really care about reporting on us teenagers, because we won't vote this election, so Hillary's not going to quit campaigning because 99.9% of the teenage population would vote for Obama, or vice versa. I know our opinions do really count, but not in the election, or primaries. Sorry.
Anyway, good article choice. It can make very good debates, and it was intriguing. :)
~Erin P. :)
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