«While many
evangelical voters say they «strongly» support Trump over Clinton, this does not necessarily mean Trump is their ideal choice for president or that they are convinced he shares their religious convictions,» Pew stated.
About 73 percent of white
evangelical voters said they would vote for Romney in 2012, while 78 percent stand behind Trump today.
According to a Pew Research Study from earlier this month, only 16 percent of
evangelical voters said they would vote for her.
Not exact matches
Some political observers
say Republican overtures to Israel and to Jewish leaders are aimed more at American
evangelical voters, a key part of the GOP base, than they are at Jews.
Whether or not Obama has been spiritually «reborn» in the
evangelical sense, his spiritual counselors
say the president's faith has helped shape his first term in ways that haven't been appreciated by
voters or the news media.
According to a Pew Research Center survey of 1,655 registered
voters released today, more than half of white
evangelicals said they weren't satisfied with their ballot options (55 %), reflecting the feeling of Americans at large (58 %).
«At that time, nearly three - quarters of white
evangelical Protestant registered
voters said they planned to vote for Romney, including one - quarter who «strongly» supported him.
CNN: Anti-Obama mail piece: «We are no longer a Christian nation» Focus on the Family, the Colorado - based social conservative organization founded by
evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa
voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as
saying «we are no longer a Christian nation.»
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)-- Focus on the Family, the Colorado - based social conservative organization founded by
evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa
voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as
saying «we are no longer a Christian nation.»
Among
voters who attend services at least monthly, only 16 percent of white
evangelicals, 22 percent of Catholics, and 5 percent of white mainline Protestants
said that their churches provided information on voting, the election, or specific candidates this year.
It's puzzling in the same way that Mitt Romney's campaign was also successful among
evangelical voters, despite the fact that one - third of them (32 %)
said they are less likely to vote for a Mormon.
«It's important to note that white
evangelicals, like so many
voters this year, had significant reservations about both candidates,»
said Amy Black, professor of political science at Wheaton College.
Lindsay
says that the motherhood angle could be refreshing to
evangelical voters, who constitute a majority of the Republican electorate in early states like Iowa and South Carolina.
The answer is closer to the latter: Exit polls
say 26 percent of American
voters called themselves
evangelical or born - again Christians, and of these, 74 percent voted for McCain, with 25 percent voting for Obama.
Mark DeMoss, a senior adviser to the Romney campaign helping with outreach to
evangelicals,
says he has been discouraging Republican
voters from making too big a deal of the candidates» religious faith.
«Religion is a proxy for trustworthiness of a candidate, especially for white
evangelical voters,»
said Robert P. Jones, a pollster who focuses on religion and values questions.
The
voters should just
say to all conservative cultist (Christian
evangelical, Mormons, etc, «Please back away from the thermonuclear weapons.»