The director of Orange County Hillel, Jay Feldman, spoke to me about the election and how he believes Jewish students voted. Although Feldman stated that he has “no clear idea” about trends for Jewish students on the UCI campus, he speculated that Jewish students are more selective and perhaps shifting to the right because of foreign policy.
Here is what Feldman had to say:

I have no clear idea really on what the voting trends are for the Jewish students on UCI’s campus. From my conversations with some of these students, it looks as though they are considering each issue separately rather than making partisan blanket votes.
Historically, most would probably say that Jews have been more associated with the left due to social values inherent in Jewish culture. In more recent years however, it seems that a shift has begun due to foreign policy (specifically in the Middle East with regards to Israel) and as more Jews have continued to reach Middle and Upper Class economic status.

Students I have spoken with today, particularly Jewish students, were very unhappy about Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s re-election. The general consensus at UCI seems to be to be that Phil Angelides would have been a better man for the job. The majority of Jewish students I spoke with identify as Democrats and asserted that Democrat control will do better things for the economy, Iraq and public education.