The percentage of U.S. Jews who voted Republican in the 2002 midterm congressional elections is up by 9 percent to 14 percent, according to an analysis of exit polls. The analysis by Voter News Service said 35 percent of Jews backed Republican candidates in 2002, as opposed to 21 percent to 26 percent in congressional elections during the last decade.
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