Florida Jews Concerned about Economy

Newt Gingrich describes the Palestinians as an invented people and seeks covert action against Iran, while Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of throwing Israel under a bus.

But the Republican presidential candidates’ tough talk on the Middle East in Florida before Tuesday’s primary is doing little to sway the state’s large Jewish population from its longstanding support for the Democrats.

If anything, it’s Republican arguments on the US economy – not Israel – that might win more favor with Jewish voters here come the general election in November.

“There has been, particularly among younger voters, a small shift toward the Republican Party in general,” said Terri Susan Fine, a political scientist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

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