Sen. Bernie Sanders hopes to be the first Jewish president, but it seems the Chosen People are choosing other options.

“There is a common misconception that American Jews are very much on the left of the political spectrum, and it’s not really true,” Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin, a postdoctoral fellow at Yeshiva University said. “The Democratic Party’s most reliable voters are also some of their most moderate voters.”

Though Jews routinely vote overwhelmingly for Democrats — more than 70% backed Hillary Clinton in 2016 — polling suggests they lean toward the middle.

Former Vice President Joe Biden was the first choice of 31% of Jewish Democrat voters nationally, compared to 11% for Sanders, according to a Pew Research Center survey published last week. Sen. Elizabeth Warren split the difference with 20%, while former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg came in at 13%. Mike Bloomberg, the other Jewish candidate in the race, attracted 8% support.

But Bloomberg’s popularity with Jews roughly tracked his national polling average among Democrats. Sanders, on the other hand, is performing well below the 20 to 25 percent of the vote he is currently drawing at the top of most early state and national polls.

President Trump’s approval ratings among Jews overall has hovered between 30 and 35 percent during his presidency according to Gallup. He has shown more strength with traditionally more conservative Orthodox and hasidic Jews. In December, Trump touted the results of an Ami Magazine poll showing 89% support among that community.

Sanders’ current standing with his tribe is completely unchanged from a May Morning Consult poll in which he also registered 11% support.

Sanders is no moderate, hewing to the far-left extreme on multiple hot-button issues. The Democratic Socialist has called for completely ending private health insurance and moving Americans into a Medicare for All system. He has called for the complete cancellation America’s $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. Sanders has also offered repeated support for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal.”

Sanders’ tough stances on Israeli-Palestinian issues also remain deeply out of step with mainstream American Jewish voters as well as the Democratic donor class.

He has been one of the party’s most vocal critics of what he calls Israel’s “occupation” of Palestine and has teased the possibility of cutting off U.S. aid to the country.

Sanders’ longtime embrace of Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian-rights activist who has been repeatedly accused of making anti-Semitic remarks, has been particularly irksome to Jews. Sanders has retained Sarsour as an official 2020 surrogate.

“He has worked hard to brand himself as being anti-Israel and his willingness to cut security assistance to Israel, and using an anti-Semite, pro-BDS figure like Linda Sarsour as an official campaign surrogate are a reflection of this,” said Jack Rosen, a New York real estate developer and president of the American Jewish Congress.

“Sleeping with the enemy,” growled real estate developer and longtime political moneyman Adam Milstein, when asked about the Sanders-Sarsour relationship.

The cold shoulder from US Jews contrasts sharply with Sanders’ warm reception among American Muslims. That demographic played a critical role in his surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Michigan primary and they have stuck with him ever since.

“There are groups like Muslims for Bernie. Especially with the younger groups of people, we are seeing it with millennials,” said Shaniyat Chowdhury, a 27-year-old Muslim who is currently staging a primary challenge to Queens Democratic Party boss Rep. Gregory Meeks., from Queens, told The Post.

Only about 2% of Americans identify as Jewish, making their overall electoral influence considerably smaller than that of other minorities overall. Nevertheless Jews can have an outsized influence in swing states where there are large communities, like Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio. High-powered Jewish political donors can also have a big impact, such as George Soros and Sheldon Adelson.