NASHVILLE, TN – A week after the presidential primary in Tennessee, it is becoming clear that the Republican Party is battling internally over issues while the Democrat Party is splitting along racial, age and gender lines as that party’s four-decade focus on divisive identity politics is coming home to roost.

“Whether voters have as a priority national security, financial security and prosperity, the security of our family’s values, or the improvement in access to services like health care and education, it is becoming clear that there is a hunger for problems to be solved rather than the current Democrat pandering based on race and gender,” said Robin Smith, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party.

“Americans share common desires for their families: security, health, equal opportunity to learn and prosper, regardless of their race, gender or age,” Smith said. “These hopes, dreams and priorities are found in the Republican Party that represents Americans without dividing them along racial or gender lines.”

The growth in the Republican Party is reflected by the efforts of the national Republican Jewish Coalition, which stands as a beacon for voters tired of pandering, promises and empty partisanship, specifically in issues of economic policy and the security of Israel.

The RJC announced today the launch of a new national advertising campaign, a series of ads entitled “I Used to Be a Democrat” which tell the true-life, political journeys of former Jewish Democrats.

While the circumstances may vary, one common theme persists among them: Each is now a Jewish Republican.

In one ad, Glenn M. Taubman of Annandale, Virginia says: “I don’t agree with the Republicans on every issue, but the Democratic Party just doesn’t represent me anymore.” In another, Stephen Rosenbach of Arnold, Maryland, says: “I couldn’t stay in the party dominated by the far left who won’t stand up to the threat posed by Iran, Syria and growing radical Islamic extremism.”

The ads also encourage other former Jewish Democrats to share their political journeys with the RJC.

“The ads reflect the movement we’ve witnessed for years: More and more American Jews express serious misgivings with the direction of the Democratic Party,” said RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks. “Again and again, they are finding that the Republican Party better represents their concerns ranging from national security to the well-being of the state of Israel.”

The ads will run in major Jewish newspapers across the country through late spring or early summer.

RJC press release: http://www.rjchq.org/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&id=1279