A Chosen Drift

Looks like contra Jodi Kantor, Jewish voting behavior has been trending left over the past several cycles. It's curious, then, that The New York Times would run an article stating that "in recent presidential elections, Jews have drifted somewhat to the right." It's curious that the Times would report the facts wrong, but equally curious that the impression of a rightward shift is so widespread. Has there been an increase in the number of prominent Jewish conservatives, perhaps?

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/05/a-chosen-drift/45031/