.20 Century American Jewish Presidential Election

Since the beginning of the20th century, with American Jews'influence strengthen in the political and economical sphere, they have an increasingly important influence on the presidential election. In the unique system of presidential election in the United States, Jews use fully their advantaged resources in political, economical and medium field, votes and money are their two important tools. If a candidate aspirations to the presidency, he or she has to consider how to win over Jewish support.This paper is divided into three parts.The first chapter discusses the subjective factors that affect the presidential election from the Jews their own perspective. The beginning of the20th century, the Jewish population in the United States is more than five million, they gradually turned into the mainstream of society class from the marginalized groups through their own efforts. Strong economic strength, high educational level, Strong political strength are the solid foundation that Jews influence the presidential election.The second chapter discusses the objective factors that Jews are able to influence the election from the U.S. presidential election system. The electoral college system, the system for nominating caucuses and the long election campaign, high campaign costs, a variety of means of election provide "important chances" for the Jews to play a role in campaign.The third chapter is a main part, which discusses specific performance that Jews influence presidential election. It is discussing the ways of the Jews influence the presidential election and the results, Mainly from Jewish political elites, the ballot, campaign finance provided by the wealthy, interest groups, news media, Rabbi electioneering discussed. It analyzes according to the specific examples of presidential campaign(such as the Truman campaign).At the same time, It is comparing Jews with other ethnic minorities especially Arab Americans whose intensity of influencing presidential election, from which we can see that the Jews" super capacity.The conclusion shows that American Jews have been a force that can not been ignored, and affect U.S. domestic and foreign affairs(in particular, the policy in the Middle East).