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The Israel Factor 01.2012, Full Statistics
1. On a scale of 1 (not at all worried) to 5 (very worried), how worried were you (or how worried do you think Israel should be) by the following statements and incidents:
Secretary of State Clinton allegedly comparing Israel to Iran | 2.78 |
Secretary of Defense Panetta calling on Israelis and Palestinians to go “back to the damn table” | 1.78 |
The American ambassador to Belgium saying Israel is partially responsible for anti Semitism | 3.44 |
Candidate Gingrich saying the Palestinians are “invented” people | 2.67 |
Candidate Romney refusing to commit to move the American embassy to Jerusalem | 1.44 |
Candidate Paul’s very strong showing in Iowa and New Hampshire | 2.22 |
Israel becoming a political tool in the battle between Republicans and Democrats | 3.11 |
2. Taking a wild guess, what would you say will be the percentage of Jewish voters voting for the Republican nominee in each of the following cases:
Percentage of voters for the GOP nominee | |
Obama vs. Romney | 34.12 |
Obama vs. Gingrich | 31.75 |
Obama vs. Ron Paul | 7.75 |
3. A. Looking ahead for 2012, please rate the following Presidential candidates on scale of 1 (bad for Israel) to 10 (good for Israel):
Barak Obama | 6.78 |
Mitt Romney | 7.67 |
Newt Gingrich | 7 |
Ron Paul | 1.78 |
Rick Santorum | 5.33 |
Rick Perry | 5.78 |
Jon Huntsman |
6.56 |
B. In the following head-to-head races, which candidate is better from an Israeli perspective? Please score each of the two from 1 (bad) to 5 (good)
Barak Obama | Mitt Romney |
3.14 | 4 |
Barak Obama | Ron Paul |
3.86 | 1.29 |
Hillary Clinton
8.11
Joe Biden
7.83
Chris Christie
6.64
Marco Rubio
6.5
Paul Ryan
5.25
Jeb Bush
7
Janet Napolitano
6
Eric Cantor
6.61
Andrew Cuomo
7.88
Martin O'Malley
6.2
Deval Patrick
6.5
Cory Booker
7.8
Elizabeth Warren
6
Mark Warner
7
Brian Schweitzer
6.25
Mike Pence
6.17
Kristen Gillibrand
7.38
Rand Paul
3.33
Bobby Jindal
5.25
Susana Martinez
4.25
Amy Klobuchar
6.67
Howard Dean
6.29
Antonio Villaraigosa
6.6
Rick Santorum
5.33
Ted Cruz
4.5
Jon Huntsman
7
John Thune
5.5
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