Poll: 70% of US Jews support Obama

Recent Gallup survey shows only 25% support for Republican's Romney among US Jewry; Obama maintains lead in crucial swing states

Yitzhak Benhorin     

WASHINGTON – The Jewish public in the United States seems to have taken Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's visit to Israel, as well as his dramatic statements about Jerusalem, in stride, as a recent poll revealed that the majority of Jewish voters in the US still support US President Barack Obama.

A recent Gallup poll released Saturday found that 70% of US Jews still support Obama, while the GOP's candidate has only 25% support – similar to the support given to John McCain in 2008.