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Excerpt due to copyright concerns. See link for more. Stats from past races and possible faith correlations here and here .

1 posted on 04/04/2012 5:47:54 PM PDT by daniel1212

2 posted on 04/04/2012 5:49:58 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (You can be a Romney Republican or you can be a conservative. You can't be both. Pick one.)

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3 posted on 04/04/2012 5:58:35 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a damned+morally destitute sinner,+trust Him to forgive+save you,+live....)

When Ronald Reagan ran against Jimmy Carter in 1980, his poll number in October was 30%.

R.R. won the Presidency the following month.

Right now it is early April, Daniel. A whole Hell’uva lot can happen in the next seven months.

4 posted on 04/04/2012 6:19:49 PM PDT by SatinDoll (No Foreign Nationals as our President!)

I have been thinking recently that there is NO conservative candidate that comes anywhere close to getting me excited about voting for them. Even Santorum, though he has solid credentials on the important (to me) social issues, does not spark enthusiasm. Newt, at least, held the promise of a thorough Obama clock-cleaning in debates, but it will not be happening. His political and personal baggage proved too much to ignore. I think back on the last few election and I know that the Republican "establishment" has failed to give us the candidate we can ardently support - one that people will gladly send money to, volunteer for and encourage others to support. Ones everybody would gladly put signs in their yards for!

I sincerely hope that the "powers that be" in the party get the message that mainstream, vanilla, middle-of-the-road candidates can NOT win election's against the liberal Democrat, Socialist machine that is in operation today. They have done a much better job convincing the general public that they have THEIR best interests in mind - something we KNOW is far from the truth. But it is going to take a strong and charismatic leader to turn the tide and it looks like the Republican party is fresh out of them. God help us if America has Obama for four more years - we may NEVER recover. It is disheartening to read that any Evangelicals support Obama!

6 posted on 04/04/2012 7:06:52 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)

To: daniel1212; All

At best, Christians are evenly split between Obama and a GOP alternative.

It's always been that way folks.

Even before the GOP began to pander to Evangelicals.

Remember that when SoCons threaten to ensure the defeat of a secular GOP candidate.

There is little, if any, difference in the voting patterns of Christians from the rest of the electorate.

8 posted on 04/04/2012 7:38:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)

Mr. Obama will receive double the support from the evangelical community he garnered four years ago (22%)

I find that hard to believe.

9 posted on 04/04/2012 8:37:47 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)

If the election were held today, among skeptics Mr. Obama would defeat Mr. Romney 70% to 30%; Mr. Santorum by a 73%-27% clip; and Mr. Gingrich by 74% to 26%.
Call them what they are: functional materialists, scientists, atheists, nihilists -- and cynics.
Meanwhile, Santorum gains a statistical tie with Obozo among Catholics, contrary to the author's statement.

14 posted on 04/05/2012 12:04:15 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus

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