Jews backed Gov. Gray Davis in this week’s California recall vote, according to exit polls. Sixty- nine percent voted against the recall effort, while 31 percent supported it, according to data collected by the Los Angeles Times. Sixty-nine percent of Jewish voters voted for the incumbent Davis in the last scheduled California gubernatorial election in 2002.
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