Half of U.S. Jews identify as Democrats, according to a leading polling group. A survey of 21 separate Gallup polls conducted over the past 18 months indicated that exactly half of Jewish respondents give their political orientation as Democratic, about a third say they are independents and 17 percent describe themselves as Republicans.
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