Exit polls: 78% of Jews voted for Obama

Nov. 5, 2008 JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Exit polls from MSNBC, CNN and Fox have shown that US president-elect Barack Obama received 78 percent of the Jewish vote in Tuesday's presidential election, whilst his rival, Republican John McCain, received 21%. The polls all put Jews at 2% of the poll sample. In 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won 74% of the Jewish vote, and in 2000, Al Gore received 79%. The MSNBC data found the numbers amongst Christians in Tuesday's election were far closer, with 45 percent of Protestants and other Christians and 54% of Catholics voting for Obama. Together, they made up 81%of the poll sample. Fifty-six percent of female voters and 49% of male voters chose Obama, making up 53 percent and 47% of the vote respectively, according to the poll. An overwhelming 66% of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 voted for Obama.