Don't take Jewish Hillary support for granted

WASHINGTON – Jews vote Democrat.

It's a fact of political life. It has been a given for decades. But it may not be true for Hillary Clinton in 2016, according to internal polls by an outside group that supports the former secretary of state for the presidency.

Here are the surprising numbers – 54 percent approval, 45 percent negative.

To put that in perspective, her numbers when the poll was conducted last May are worse among likely Jewish voters in 2016 than was Jewish support for Barack Obama four years earlier when he was running against Mitt Romney.

The poll also showed Jews had higher regard for Vice President Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Bernie Sanders, though the Jewish senator from Vermont was only slightly higher than Mrs. Clinton.

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Support for Trump among Jews is another question altogether.

According to the same polls conducted last May, his negatives were at 63 percent.

Some in the Jewish community were shocked by the results.

"I think that with Donald Trump, Republicans will reach an all time low," said Ira Sheskin, an expert on Jewish demography and politics from the University of Miami. "If I'd have to guess, I'd put it at 90 percent."

Hillary fared worst with Jews on two big issues – support for Israel and dealing with Iran. Otherwise, she was well-regarded. Trump performed just as well as Clinton on those issues as well as dealing with ISIS.

There are no available polls to assess Clinton's current standing with Jewish voters.