WASHINGTON–Activists from across America assembled before the U.S. Capitol on May 7 to call for a Jewish exodus from the Democratic Party, a move many termed “#Jexit.”
According to Pew, Democratic-leaning Jews dropped from 69 percent in 1994 to 67 percent in 2017, while GOP-leaning Jews rose from 25 percent to 31 percent. Though 60 percent of Jews have college degrees, highly educated Americans on average were “showing a strong shift toward the Democrats” during this period, according to one report, indicating the modest realignment among Jewish Americans ran counter to a broader societal trend.
