News U.S. A look at the Jewish vote and the election by numbers Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | November 3, 2000 21 — number of Jewish Democrats in the House 1 — number of Jewish Republicans in the House (Benjamin Gilman of New York) 1 — number of Jewish Independents in the House (Bernard Sanders of Vermont) 11 — number of Jews in 106th U.S. Senate 10 — number of Jewish Democrats in the Senate 1 — number of Jewish Republicans in the Senate (Arlen Specter, R-Pa.) 44 — number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. House of Representatives 23 — number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the House 17– number of Jewish Democratic non-incumbents seeking House seats 4 — number of Jewish Republican non-incumbents seeking House seats 2 — number of congressional races where a Jewish Democrat faces a Jewish Republican (Paul Feiner vs. Benjamin Gilman in New York and Sander Levin vs. Bart Baron in Michigan) 5 — number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. Senate 3 — number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the Senate 1 — number of Jewish Democrats running for open Senate seats (Ed Bernstein of Nevada) 1 — number of Jewish Republicans challenging Senate incumbents (Paul Rappaport challenging Paul Sarbanes in Maryland) 1 — number of Jewish senators retiring in 2000 (Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey) 78 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1996 16 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bob Dole in 1996 3 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1996 80 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 11 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for George Bush in 1992 9 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1992 79 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted Democratic in 1998 congressional races 21 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted Republican in 1998 59 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as Democrats, according to the American Jewish Committee 9 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as a Republicans 30 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as independents J. Correspondent Also On J. Poetry 'Flower Child Noir': Filmmaker Deborah Kaufman's poetry-memoir Food What makes Trader Joe’s new matzah different from all other matzah? Bay Area Chabad brings new life to S.F. cinema with a Jewish backstory Israel Both sides agree: Israel is headed for a constitutional crisis Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up