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By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.com
Democrats Abroad, the official Democratic Party organization for American citizens who live outside the United States, doubled its membership in Israel ahead of Super Tuesday in the U.S., the group’s chair said.
Republicans Abroad, on the other had, said expatriate Republicans living in Israel are less likely to vote in primary elections.
There are about 250,000 Americans living in Israel, 120,000 of whom are eligible to vote, Kory Bardash, chairman of Republicans Abroad in Israel, told Cybercast News Service. In the 2004 presidential elections, about 35,000 of those eligible Americans voted, and an estimated 70 percent of them voted for the Republican ticket, Bardash said. (That is quite different from the Jewish voting pattern in the U.S., which is closer to 30 percent Republican and 70 percent Democrat, Bardash said.)
American Jews living in Israel tend to be more religiously affiliated and they are not as http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3120 that concern Americans. Instead, American Jews in Israel focus primarily on foreign policy and economic issues and not so much on issues such as abortion or homosexual rights, Bardash explained.
Not many Republicans living here are expected to vote in the primaries, said Bardash, but people become more focused and enthusiastic as the general election draws near, he said.
While Republicans living abroad vote through their home states, Democrats living abroad have a collective expatriate voice.
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