A finer breakdown might be helpful

Submitted by Archimedes2 (Canada), Oct 19, 2010 at 10:38

Hi Daniel,

I'm not an American citizen (I'm Canadian) but very interested in the outcome here. I think for the purpose of voters it may be more helpful to give a finer breakdown. From the numbers you give a substantial minority of Democrat candidates may be indentified as either neutral or mildly pro-Israel. Strategic voters may wish to consider whether it is of value to encourage the growth of a pro-Israel faction within the Democratic party.

Voting them out of office despite their better position on the issue or voting Republican as a bloc is unlikely to have quite that effect -- it may simply polarize farther. In a vacuum of information, voting republican probably is the wisest thing to do, but if a Democrat candidate is a well-known supporter of Israel, this should be considered.

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