Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

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February 23, 2007

Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War
Opposition goes beyond Jewish Americans' political affiliations

by Jeffrey M. Jones

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- An analysis of Gallup Poll data collected since the
beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the
United States, Jewish Americans are the most strongly opposed to the
Iraq war. Catholics and Protestants are more or less divided in their
views on the war, while Mormons are the most likely to favor it. Those
with no religious affiliation also oppose the war, but not to the same
extent that Jewish people do. The greater opposition to the war is not
simply a result of high Democratic identification among U.S. Jews, as
Jews of all political persuasions are more likely to oppose the war than
non-Jews who share the same political leanings.

For this analysis, Gallup combined 13 surveys from the last two-plus
years that measured both support for the Iraq war (using Gallup's
"mistake for the U.S. to send troops to Iraq" question) and respondent
religious affiliation, for a combined sample of more than 12,000
interviews. Across the time period these 13 surveys covered, an average
of 52% of Americans opposed the war by saying the United States made a
mistake to invade Iraq, and 46% favored the war by saying it did not
make a mistake.
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