Posted on 11/13/2004 8:00:20 PM PST by ambrose
Gay marriage gained Bush black votes
BY MARTIN C. EVANS
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
November 14, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- To eyes attuned to political patterns, Laverne Davis looks like a Democrat.
She's African-American, a woman and a divorced single mom. She voted for Al Gore in 2000 and for Bill Clinton before him.
But Davis, who lives in a state that could have delivered the presidency to either John Kerry or George W. Bush, drew the line at gay marriage and determinedly cast her vote for Bush.
Although blacks have provided a loyal base for the Democratic Party, black evangelicals such as Davis say the Republican Party's steady drumbeat against gay marriage helped erode black support for Kerry in key states and deliver the White House to Bush.
"All the days of my life, I've been a Democrat," said Davis, 49, a Florida social worker, as she left Sunday services at Evangel Temple in Jacksonville. "But I voted for Bush because I believe he is a Christian. I admire him because he's not for gay marriage and he's pro-life. He's strong in his morals."
Exit polling showed that 27 percent of black voters in northern Florida, a Bible belt region stretching from coastal Jacksonville west across the panhandle, said they voted for Bush, according to data compiled for the Chicago Tribune by Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International.
That was in strong contrast with the stated preferences of black voters in Miami, where only 4 percent said they supported Bush.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
and currently the editors at the Chicago Tribune are looking at this story with jaws on the floor and Whiskey in hand :)
Why not? Anyone can see that W has a happy marriage.
Thank you Massachusetts Supremes!
The gift that will keep on giving for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
any comments that this a bogus reason for them to vote for W .... that the demo are using story all over as a make believe storry and the real one is moral issues and security....
Tough game to lose today by our buckeyes....
Michigan next week....i will be sitting on the south side!! woohooo!!!
Our honor defend we will fight `til the end for O-HI-O!
We could be 0-10 heading into that game, the season will be a success if we leave the stadium 1-10 on next Saturday!
Muck Fichigan!
I know one black friend of mine who finally caught on to the democrats. She's not very political, but she explained her view that the left doesn't give people the tools to better themselves, they just give handouts. I found it very encouraging that she discovered this despite not following politics. She voted Bush.
I dropped a Muck Fichigan on my evangical in-laws and they loved it. Shows you the hate for Missagain here is pretty deep :)
thankfully we wont be heading into the game 0-10 and thankfully no one except the four letter sports network is taking Clarett seriously....
16% of blacks in Ohio voted for Bush. 27% in FL? Wait til J.J, Fat Al & the NAACLP hear about this! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Directions from Michigan to Columbus: South till you smell it. East till you step in it.
ambrose !!!! Geezzzzz!!!!! I REALLY don't wanna see Corrine Brown on EVERY MSM outlet for the next week, claiming how these 27% were "disa-francize" !!!!
(...I hope Corrine doesn't lurk here and see yer post !!!!)
(...sarcasm off thingee goes in this spot...)
"ignore the votes, use the exit polls."
As I've posted before, some prayer "warriors" in the CA church predicted that the office of the President would be won by African American Christians in 04.
Interestingly, Newsday posts the percentages of black voters for Bush but NOT the actual numbers. I wonder if it topped four million.
Black women claim they have a hard time finding marriable black men. Black men marrying black men doesn't increase the odds.
we need to put gay marriage on the ballot in more states for the next 2 election cycles.
2004 started it (Black desertion of the Rats). Just think what a J.C. Watt or Condi Rice would do if one of them ends up on the 2008 ballot. Bye, bye Hillary.
white evangelicals, who voted for Bush with an almost messianic fervor. Bush got 95 percent of their support.
"messianic fervor"! Funny they didn't say that about the 96% of Miami blacks who voted for Kerry.
Thats because they are unbiased, fair and objective reporters... lol
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