Religious Youth Vote Could Tip Scales in Battleground States

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/12/religious-youth-vote-could-tip-scales-in-battleground-states/ ^ | August 12, 2008 | by Mary Ann Mancuso

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Barack Obama has cultivated a rock star persona and used “change” as a rallying cry, attracting young, secular voters, but it could be the large segment of religiously-oriented youth who make or break the Democratic presidential candidate and his Republican opponent John McCain this election year.

Three swing states — Ohio, Missouri and Colorado — could tip the scales if religious youth show up the way they have in recent elections, said John Green, director of the Bliss Institute at University of Akron in Ohio.

“These ‘battleground states’ are good reflections of the nation as a whole,” Green told FOXNews.com. “The youth vote — both religious and non-religious — are likely to show the same patterns at the national level. If they [religious youth] can have an impact nationally, they will have an impact in the battleground states.”

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The Brady Dunce.

[no dems]

if religious youth show up the way they have in recent elections,

Trust me, they will; this year more than ever. Religious youth are more disciplined than "secular" young people. And, you won't have to worry about them not showing up at the polling place because they are high, sleeping off a drunk or in jail.

They'll be there.

[Marie2]

Speaking on behalf of my two “religious youth,” (my son and DIL), they’ll show up and vote for McCain.

My 17 year old is really disappointed he can’t vote yet. He wants to vote for McCain, too.

There is so much presupposition in the media about the “youth vote.” Apparently they all use cell phones exclusively, love abortion on demand, support homosexual marriage and burst into tears of joy when Obama shows up somewhere. They seem to forget that we religious conservatives have more kids than our secular counterparts.

[no dems]

20 - 30 years ago, our secular counterpoints aborted all the liberal voters who WOULD BE showing up at the polls today had they been given life.

God bless you and your children.

[Marie2]

Yes, they kind of shot themselves in the foot, didn’t they?

Thanks for the kind words. He has blessed me indeed.

[Impy]

Obama is a religion cult.