Jerusalem Post Readers Favor McCain over Obama

JPost.com readers favor McCain over Obama
Sep. 15, 2008
shani rosenfelder , THE JERUSALEM POST

An overwhelming majority of worldwide Jerusalem Post readers who responded to an American presidential poll on JPost.com favor John McCain over Barack Obama.

According to results of the poll, in which over 4,500 people participated, 75% said they would like to see McCain as the next man in the White House, 22% preferred Obama and 1.5% were undecided.

The same pattern was evident when asked which candidate would better serve Israel's interests. Over 80% pointed at the Republican nominee, with the Democratic candidate gaining just over 19%.

Asked which factor plays a more significant role when voting - domestic issues or foreign policy - 74% of the respondents chose the latter.

Regarding McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, 67% of respondents judged the decision as "brilliant." Forty-five percent said they believed that age - be it Obama's relative youth or McCain's relative older age - was not a factor in the elections; 28% said the age issue helped Obama and 27% said it favored McCain.

The JPost.com survey featured safeguards against double voting and computerized manipulation, but does not constitute a representative statistical sample.

A survey of the American Jewish vote conducted in May by Gallop, by contrast, found that Obama is widely favored over McCain among American Jews - by a 61% to 32% margin.

In a poll carried out among the Israeli Jewish public in July, by Keevoon Research, Strategy & Communications, however, 38 percent of the Israeli Jewish public said they prefer McCain, while 31% said they would rather see Obama elected as the next US president. A full 31% either did not know or had no preference.
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