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During the Reagan re-election campaign of 1984, the Jews returned home to the Democratic Party, giving Reagan only 31% compared to 67% for Democrat [[Walter Mondale]]. The same 2–1 pattern reappeared in 1988 as Democrat [[Michael Dukakis]] had 64%, while victorious [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]] polled 35%. Bush's Jewish support collapsed during his re-election in 1992, to just 11%, with 80% voting for [[Bill Clinton]] and 9% going to independent [[Ross Perot]]. Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996 maintained high Jewish support at 78%, with 16% supporting [[Bob Dole]] and 3% supporting Perot.<ref name=JVLvote/>
[[Bernie Sanders]] won the [[New Hampshire Democratic primary]] on February 9, 2016 by 22.4% of the vote (60.4% to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s 38.0%); he received strong support from voters who considered it important to nominate a candidate who is "honest and trustworthy."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/primaries/new-hampshire</ref><ref name="NYT02916">{{cite news|author1=Patrick Healy and Jonathan Martin|title=Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Win the New Hampshire Primaries|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/new-hampshire-primary.html|accessdate=February 10, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 10, 2016|quote=...Mr. Sanders was the choice, nearly unanimously, among voters who said it was most important to have a candidate who is “honest and trustworthy.”}}</ref> This made him the first Jewish American to win a U.S. presidential primary.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theweek.com/speedreads/604757/bernie-sanders-becomes-first-jewish-nonchristian-candidate-win-primary|title=Bernie Sanders becomes first Jewish, non-Christian candidate to win U.S. primary|date=February 9, 2016|accessdate=February 9, 2016|publisher=The Week}}</ref><ref>Krieg, Gregory. [http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/bernie-sanders-jewish-new-hampshire-primary/
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