Survey of American Jews� Political Values

In U.S. politics today, do you consider yourself a...? (Survey of American Jewish Opinion,” American Jewish Committee, (1993-2020 - available years).

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2018	2019	2020	2021
Republican	18%	16%	16%	16%	15%	15%	17%	16%	18%	14%	13%
Democrat	48%	51%	54%	54%	54%	58%	56%	51%	49%	53%	51%
Independent	32%	31%	29%	29%	29%	26%	25%	24%	20%	25%	22%
Don't Know/No Response / Other	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	2%	2%	9%	2%	8%	14%

What is your political party membership? (Pew Research, October 2013, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	2013	2020
Democrat/Lean Democrat	70%	71%
Republican/Lean Republican	22%	26%
Independent/Other/No Party/No Lean	8%	3%

What is your political party membership? (Pew Research, October 2013, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	Orthodox		Conservative		Reform		No Particular Branch		Net Jewish
	2013	2020	2013	2020	2013	2020	2013	2020	2013	2020
Democrat/Lean Democrat	36%	20%	64%	70%	77%	80%	75%	75%	70%	71%
Republican/Lean Republican	57%	75%	27%	28%	17%	18%	15%	22%	22%	26%
No Lean	%	5%	%	3%	%	2%	%	3%	%	3%

What is your political ideology? (Pew Research, October 2013, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	2013	2020
Liberal	49%	50%
Moderate	29%	16%
Conservative	19%	32%
Don't Know	3%	1%

How important is each of the following to what BEING JEWISH means to you? (Pew Research, October 2013, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

(Percentage answering it is essential part of what being Jewish means to me)

	2013	2020
Remembering Holocaust	73%	76%
Leading Ethical/Moral Life	69%	72%
Working for Justice/Equality	56%	59%
Being Intellectually Curious	49%	56%
Caring About Israel	43%	45%
Having Good Sense of Humor	42%	34%
Being Part of a Jewish Community	28%	33%
Observing Jewish Law	19%	14%
Eating Traditional Jewish Foods	14%	20%
Continuing family traditions		51%

How much, if anything, do you feel you have in common with Jews in Israel? (Pew Research, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	2020
A lot	19%
Some	40%
Not much	31%
Nothing at all	8%
No answer	2%

How emotionally attached are you to Israel? (Pew Research, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	2020
Very attached	25%
Somewhat attached	32%
Not too attached	27%
Not at all attached	14%
No answer	1%

What is your Jewish denominational affiliation, if any? (Pew Research, October 2013, November 19, 2019-June 3, 2020)

	2013	2020
Orthodox	10%	9%
Conservative	18%	17%
Reform	35%	37%
Other denomination	6%	4%
No particular denomination	30%	32%

Opinions of Presidential candidates among Americans identifying their religion as Jewish. (Gallup, March 2015)

	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion/don't know
Bernie Sanders	61%	30%	9%
Hillary Clinton	60%	35%	5%
John Kasich	45%	28%	27%
Donald Trump	24%	72%	4%
Ted Cruz	20%	72%	8%

What is your Jewish denominational affiliation, if any?

	July 2012	October 2013
Orthodox	8%	10%
Conservative	18%	18%
Reform	31%	35%
Reconstructionist/Other	14%	6%
No Denomination/Affiliation	36%	30%

What is your attitude and attachment to Israel?

	July 2012	October 2013
Emotional Attachment to Israel	39%	69%
Visited Israel at least Once	29%	43%

Which of the following describes you best? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

Not sure	I have no desire to be politically active	I would be more politically active if I had more time	I'd like to be more politically active, but I'm not sure how	I am politically active
5%	38%	27%	16%	14%

To what extent do you see yourself as... (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

	Not Important	Somewhat Important	Very Important	Extremely Important
A cultural Jew	18%	41%	36%	4%
A religious Jew	51%	33%	13%	4%
Pro-Israel	8%	21%	42%	33%
A Zionist	49%	21%	14%	16%

As a child, what was the main type of Jewish schooling you received, if any? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

A day school	9%
A "shule" or secular school or school that emphasized Jewish culture	6%
Another type of Jewish school that met afternoons or weekends, twice a week or more	33%
A Sunday school	22%
None	30%

How important is being Jewish in your life, if at all? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

Very important	44%
Somewhat important	37%
Not too important	14%
Not at all important	5%

Aside from weddings, funerals or family events, how often do you attend Jewish religious services? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

Once a week or more	2-3 times a month	Once a month	A few times a year	Once or twice a year	Never
9%	6%	6%	18%	22%	39%

On Yom Kippur, do you usually fast at least part of the day? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

Yes	No	Not sure
55%	41%	3%

Do you belong to a... (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

	Yes	No
Synagogue, Temple, havurah or minyan?	33%	67%
Church or other non-Jewish house of worship?	99%	1%

In the past 2 years, have you served on the board, or in any leadership capacity in... (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

	Yes
A synagogue?	15%
A Jewish activist, progressive or social justice project or organization?	11%
Any other Jewish organization?	-

To what extent would you say that your Jewish identity is important in shaping your political identity? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

To a great extent	35%
Somewhat	42%
Not at all	18%
Not sure	5%

To what extent would you say that your political identity is important in shaping your Jewish identity? (The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, July 2012)

To a great extent	10%
Somewhat	25%
Not at all	58%
Not sure	8%

Sources: The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring (July 2012); Pew Research (October 2013).

American Public Opinion Polls: Survey of American Jews' Political Values

(2012 - Present)