In a piece of news that might bring some hope in the Middle East, both American Jews and American Muslims voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. A Pew Research exit poll showed that 78% of Jewish voters cast their ballots for Obama and only 21% for John McCain. A poll (pdf) taken by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections revealed that 89% of Muslim voters chose Obama and only 2% went for McCain.