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O’s Jewish ‘descent’

Support for President Obama among Jewish voters has plunged 10 percentage points since his election in 2008, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup said the drop is “five points worse than his decline among all registered voters, compared with 2008.”

The president has the support of 64 percent of Jewish voters.

Republican Mitt Romney has 29 percent support among Jews.

The Republican Jewish Coalition pointed out that the 29 percent of Jewish voters who back Romney is the “highest level of Jewish support for a Republican presidential candidate in 24 years.”