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ericson00

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6. the consensus position of Democrats is pro-Israel
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:03 AM
May 2016

given that Gallup has Israel beating Palestinians among Democrats 53-23-remainder (DK/both which means basically no opinion) and Pew's 43-29-dk/both (which again means is equivalent to no opinion) when averaged comes 48-26-both/DK, and because the both/dk is effective abstaining, of those with opinions, 48/(48+26)=48/74=65% of those with an opinion, on average, support Israel.

Once again:
(53-23 is a 2.3:1 ratio)
(43-29 is 1.6:1)

In both cases, a 2.3:1 or 1.6:1 popular vote margin, in a national election, corresponds to a 50 state electoral college blowout, given that it only took Nixon and Reagan 3:2 (or 1.5:1) elections to get 49 states!

Also, we do kind of have to win the national election, and the American public, is strongly pro-Israel.

But if that makes some Bernie voters wanna stay home, they can take their sour grapes and eat em.

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