The Republican Jewish Coalition stated that it had scored a major success after an exit poll showed unusually high Jewish support for President Donald Trump in Florida in yesterday's election.
Sam Markstein, National Political Director of RJC, wrote: "AP Exit Poll: 41% of Jewish voters supported Donald Trump in Florida. You read that right. FORTY ONE PERCENT. Historic numbers for the President with the Jewish community."
The RJC tweeted: "The AP exit polls from Florida show exactly how big of a difference we made with over 328,000 voter contacts & 250,000+ direct mail appeals to undecided & persuadable Jewish voters in Florida alone. The RJC invested $5 million in Florida to make this happen. It paid big dividends!"
Halie Soifer, Executive Director, Jewish Democratic Council of America, said in response: "Just to make it clear for you, you're citing an exit poll with a sample size of 185. I recommend looking at the national poll with a statistically credible size of 800, which shows Jewish support of Biden at 77%. Imp b/c it's helped deliver Biden wins in MI, WI & AZ."
Matt Brooks, Executive Director of RJC, replied to Soifer by sharing national details showing that 69% of Jewis voted for Biden, and writing: "HalieSoifer, here’s another inconvenient data point for you from the AP VoteCast. You aren’t going to spin yourself out of the fact that you presided over one of the largest erosions of Jewish support for the Democrats in history".
Senior Reublican strategist Boris Epshteyn shared the Florida numbers and wrote: "Jewish Americans are leaving the Democrat party in droves".
Epshteyn then added "Happy Wednesday" and tagged Aaron Keyak who was in charge of the Biden campaign's Jewish outreach.
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