Poll: Jewish voters in NY shift 36 points toward Republicans
This was revealed in a recent Siena poll. CNN data journalist Harry Enten analyzed the poll data alongside his colleague John Berman.
Kathy Hochul in Manhattan, New York/ DECCIO SERRANO
In New York, Jewish voters are increasingly turning away from the Democratic Party. This was indicated by a recent Siena poll. According to the poll, compared to the 2022 election, Jewish voters shifted 36 percentage points toward the Republican Party.
Harry Enten, a data journalist at CNN, analyzed the poll data on air, alongside his colleague John Berman. According to Siena, in 2022, New York Democrats held a 49-percentage-point lead over Republicans. However, for these midterm elections, that gap narrowed to 13 points.
"Their lead is absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters. Yes. They are still ahead, but we are talking about historically strong numbers for Republicans among Jewish voters," Enten said after presenting the data on air.
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"It definitely seems to me that the developments over the past few years, at least in New York, at least in this polling, has had a huge impact on how Jewish voters say they are going to vote, not just for governor, but for Congress," he added.
New York has the largest Jewish community in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 6% of adults in the state identify as Jewish, compared with about 2% nationwide. In a 2024 Siena survey of registered voters statewide, Jews accounted for 8% of the sample.
In this context, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, has made the fight against anti-Semitism a central focus of his campaign. Blakeman, who is Jewish and a Nassau County executive, recently debated Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who leads in the polls. During the debate, Blakeman called Mayor Zohran Mamdani an "anti-Semite" and linked him to Hochul, accusing her of failing to protect New York's Jewish community.
"Kathy Hochul wouldn't protect Jewish students at Columbia University, Jews who were being attacked all around our state. Zohran Mandami is an anti-Semite. The first thing he did as mayor, with all the issues that faced New York City, the first thing he did was sign an executive order to water down the definition of antisemitism. You are campaigning around the state with a guy who doesn't believe in American values," Blakeman told Hochul.
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