A story in this past week’s IJN — “Buyer’s remorse among Trump supporters?” — got us thinking. Soon after the Nov. 3 election, we ran a poll here on the IJN blog. The question was very simple: Who did you vote for? The results came out strongly for Donald Trump (64.8%).
Perhaps many who voted in our poll were Orthodox — that would fit what the article reported, that among Orthodox Jews, Trump had overwhelming support. Some traveled to Washington, DC on January 6 to join the protests, and one or two even took part in the storming of the Capitol.
Trump’s support for Israel and the recent Abraham Accords were major reasons Jews voted for Trump. The article also mentions Trump’s court appointees as a reason. These kinds of reasons would not be exclusive to the Orthodox community, and anecdotally we know of Jews across the religious spectrum who voted for Trump — and who voted for Biden.
The article goes on to say that following the violence at the Capitol, some Jews who supported Trump now regret their vote.
So we thought we’d ask blog readers that question. Vote here & post a comment.
The poll is now closed. After a week of voting, here are the results:
Robert Hein line once said that the difference between bad and worse is a lot larger than the difference between good and better. I didn’t vote in favor of Trump but I hope that Biden is too timid to do anything stupid.
You’re either naive or an absurdly wishful thinker. No Biden can’t think about much. His brain has turned to mush. Obama is pulling the strings. China is helping the Leftists destroy this Nation.
Amen Larry, These Biden voters were lied to by the Fake News Media. All I know is I wake up every day with MORE BAD BIDEN NEWS! I’m very afraid for my country. WILL we survive a Biden Presidency is now the real Question.
My real issue about Biden is that I think he is weak. Let’s face it the bureaucracy runs the country now. The Pres. and the cabinet are almost powerless in the face of the civil service. Trump issued edicts that seemed to be strong but I don’t think that they trickled down to the operational level because of the lack of cooperation by the civil service. I don’t think Biden can do much damage because he will be like a five-year-old trying to steer a big rig without power steering. Think about his record of 48 years in the Senate without making enemies. It is from what I see an almost awesome level of mediocrity.
Trump was a terrible role model with a terrible way of talking and an inexcusable penchant to insult people, including military heroes. But Trump brought a fresh approach to China, government regulation, Israel, NATO, the UN and many other critical areas. Trump got a lot going to put this country back on its feet. I feel that with Biden we are back to the same old same old, the failed polices of the past. Trump had major blind spots; so does Biden and his team. This is poignantly manifest in their horror over violence at the Capitol but their blase acceptance of violence in other American cities by their political compatriots. Violence by any side is terrible for America, but both the Trump people and the Biden people see only one side. I’m not optimistic about Biden.
The IJN’s question “Do you regret voting for Trump” is both biased and unfair. As you can see by the response more than 54% of the Jews who voted for Trump would vote for him again, as would I. Your attempt to blame this on the “Orthodox vote” again is biased and unfair. I am not Orthodox but a Conservative American Jew who supports Israel, supports Trump’s historic move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem as well as the many peace treaties with Arab nations that have been technically at war with Israel for decades. My father and grandfather served in the US Military during WWII and WWI. My grandfathers came to this country to flee socialist totalitarian regimes that committed programs and burned Jewish villages to the ground. We do not want to see our great nation go down the path of socialism. This is why we voted for Trump.
Brett Kingstone
Boulder, Colorado
Many did not know that the group that went to support Trump at the capital on January 6-th, was actually infiltrated by Antifa and some other terrorist groups that carried a false impression, and this allowed them to get in, but once in, they caused trouble and confusion. There are many terrorists, communists and liberal socialists that want to see our way of life come to ruin, and they have always been there throughout our history. Even durring the “Cold War” there were naive Americans advocating for communism, and Stalin, who was somewhat conservative, referred to them as the “useful idiots.”
Brett,
I agree with 200%. IJN is just walking a fine line of placating their Liberal subscribers & showing some backbone. Trump was the best friend Israel ever had. Now under the self-hating Leftists Iran will be emboldened again, making a major Middle East conflagration a near certainty. Sorry IJN, but you can’t have it both ways…
If only the Media told the TRUTH, you would know all the amazing Trump accomplishments! Do you have any idea what impact these Middle East peace deals have, with regard to trade and partnerships alone! Now we will be back to supporting Palestinian terrorism. Taxes will increase. Gasoline prices will go way up, since we won’t be energy dependent anymore. Border wall now will invite anyone and everyone to come and get free everything without being vetted. Our country will have gangs, terrorists and drugs rampant. Iran nuclear deal is a sham as we have never been allowed to inspect and they received Obama’s billions— for what??? Of course all the countries will love us now because we will put in a lot more money than our share into the Paris Climate Accords! More unemployment! Middle class hurt and many jobs will be lost, and sent back out of the US. Talk about undoing everything that helped America prosper!