It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone.

Now we continue our WNYC Centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things.

We're up to thing number 26, another election-related

one, and for this morning of Russia, Shana Eve, 100 years of the Jewish vote for president.

Spoiler alert, from 1924 to the present, the majority have always voted for the Democrat,

but the percentages have fluctuated

interestingly, and Donald Trump increased his percentage of the votes of American Jews by six

points from 2016 to 2020. He went from 24% to 29 or 30%. And he's looking for more in this year after the October 7th attacks

and his support for Benjamin Netanyahu. But Trump also shocked many American Jews last month

at an event opposing anti-Semitism of all places when he said the Jews would largely be to

blame if he loses the election.

He said this.

I only want to be.

I'm not going to call this as a prediction, but in my opinion, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss if I'm at 40%.

If I'm at 40, think of it, that means 60% of voting for Kamala, who in particular is a bad

Democrat. And he said this about the polls. The current polling has me with Jewish citizens, Jewish people,

people that's supposed to love Israel. After having done all of that, having been the best president,

the greatest president, by far, by far, a poll just came out. I'm at 40%.

If he actually gets 40%, that would be a remarkably strong 10-point gain among Jewish voters

compared to 2020. But as you hear, he's prospectively

blaming the Jews if he loses even with that. The New York Times headline on those statements

last month, by the way, said Trump's suggestion that Jews could cost him race creates fear

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