Pennsylvania has the biggest Jewish population of any swing state, and any shift could have enormous implications in a state decided by narrow margins the past two presidential elections.
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Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris gather around a Sukkot before going door to door canvassing Jewish voters during the Jewish holiday in Bala Cynwyd, Pa, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. FILE - Second gentleman Doug Emhoff from left, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Carole Zawatsky, CEO of The Tree of Life, Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and others listen during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tree of Life complex in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Adam Chaikof from Arlington, Va meets with other Kamala Harris supporters in a Sukkot in Bala Cynwyd, Pa on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Rona Kaufman, a self-described progressive who is conflicted over who she will vote for in the presidential election, poses for a portrait in Squirrel Hill, a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2024.
That has forced Harris to walk a line between traditional Democratic constituencies with strong feelings about the war in Gaza, both Jews and Arab Americans — balancing support for Israel with outrage over the deaths of Israeli andIn the past, surveys have shown that Jews overwhelmingly vote Democratic. A Pew Research Center poll released last month found that about two-thirds of Jewish voters back Harris.
He pointed out that the Biden administration tapped her husband, Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, to lead a task force to develop a strategy to fight antisemitism well before Hamas attacked Israel. Emhoff has been a key surrogate, campaigning in front of Jewish audiences in the Philadelphia suburbs andadministration’s support for Israel
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