A look at the Jewish vote and the election by numbers

21 -- number of Jewish Democrats in the House

1 -- number of Jewish Republicans in the House (Benjamin Gilman of New York)

1 -- number of Jewish Independents in the House (Bernard Sanders of Vermont)

11 -- number of Jews in 106th U.S. Senate

10 -- number of Jewish Democrats in the Senate

1 -- number of Jewish Republicans in the Senate (Arlen Specter, R-Pa.)

44 -- number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. House of Representatives

23 -- number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the House

17-- number of Jewish Democratic non-incumbents seeking House seats

4 -- number of Jewish Republican non-incumbents seeking House seats

2 -- number of congressional races where a Jewish Democrat faces a Jewish Republican (Paul Feiner vs. Benjamin Gilman in New York and Sander Levin vs. Bart Baron in Michigan)

5 -- number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. Senate

3 -- number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the Senate

1 -- number of Jewish Democrats running for open Senate seats (Ed Bernstein of Nevada)

1 -- number of Jewish Republicans challenging Senate incumbents (Paul Rappaport challenging Paul Sarbanes in Maryland)

1 -- number of Jewish senators retiring in 2000 (Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey)

78 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1996

16 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bob Dole in 1996

3 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1996

80 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1992

11 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for George Bush in 1992

9 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1992

79 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted Democratic in 1998 congressional races

21 -- percentage of Jewish voters who voted Republican in 1998

59 -- percentage of Jews who identify themselves as Democrats, according to the American Jewish Committee

9 -- percentage of Jews who identify themselves as a Republicans

30 -- percentage of Jews who identify themselves as independents