[ ]J Street [ ]
Friend --

After a long night of ups and downs, there’s very good reason to believe
that, once every single vote is counted, Joe Biden will win the White
House and Donald Trump will be defeated.

That’s almost certainly why, at around 2:30am this morning, Trump made a
shameless bid to claim victory before all the votes had been counted,
calling the incoming results a “fraud.”

While the president’s actions are shocking, they are not surprising. For
months, J Street has been involved in planning for this contingency in
coordination with our progressive and Jewish allies in the Protect the
Results coalition, which brings together major advocacy and organizing
groups from across the country.

Rest assured, we are ready to take action -- if needed -- to defend the
integrity of the election and ensure that every vote is counted. And we
will do so in full confidence that we stand with the majority of
Americans, and the overwhelming majority of American Jews.

The results of J Street’s nationwide election night polling of Jewish
voters once again showed Jewish voters supporting the Democratic nominee
and Democratic congressional candidates. Forget Trump’s much-touted
“Jexodus.” Our poll showed 77% of Jewish voters backed Joe Biden, compared
to 21% for Trump. This represents a decisive repudiation of a president
who has made common cause with white nationalists, called the vast
majority of our community “disloyal” and repeatedly pursued destructive,
far-right policies toward Israel and the Middle East.

You can find the [ [link removed] ]full results from our 2020 polling here -- and we
invite you to break down the results with us during a [ [link removed] ]special briefing
next Tuesday at noon Eastern.

Our community recognizes the threat President Trump and his enablers pose
to our democracy, interests and values -- and rejected his attempts to
attract voters with right-wing Israel policies. As in previous elections,
Israel was not a top voting issue for American Jews in this election --
with just 5% listing it as such. And when Jewish voters do weigh in on
foreign policy, they are fully aligned with the positions of the
pro-Israel, pro-peace movement, Joe Biden and Democratic candidates --
including re-entering the Iran deal, opposing unrestricted settlement
expansion and vigorously pursuing a two-state solution.

Our poll showed that Jewish voters support re-entering the Iran deal
(74%), want Israel to suspend or restrict settlement construction in the
West Bank (82%) and firmly believe, as we do, that one can support Israel
while being critical of the policies of its right-wing government. In
fact, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s favorability with American Jews has
crashed to an all-time low of -30.

As we await the final tallies up and down ballot with a mix of hope and
anxiety, I want to take this moment to thank every one of you who has
volunteered, donated, rallied, organized and fought by our side. After so
much work and an election night filled with both victories and
disappointments, it’s been an exhausting fight -- but together, we will
see this through.

As our polling and the popular vote bears out, we are the majority -- in
the Jewish community and the country as a whole. And ultimately, if we
stand together, we will save the soul of our nation.

[ [link removed] ]I invite you to dig further into our full poll numbers here >>

Thank you again, Friend, for standing with us in the fight.

Jess Smith
Chief Operating Officer


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leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.



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