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Religious Voters Favor McCain, Poll Claims
EWTN.com ^ | 15-July-2008 | EWTN.com

Posted on 08/13/2008 1:00:57 PM PDT by Salvation

15-July-2008 -- Catholic News Agency  

Religious Voters Favor McCain, Poll Claims

Princeton, Jul 15, 2008 (CNA).- A new Gallup Poll claims to show that registered voters who say religion is important in their lives tend to support presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain by a margin of 50 to 40 percent, while those who say religion is unimportant to their lives tend to support presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama by a margin of 55 to 36 percent.

About two-thirds of the registered voters surveyed by Gallup said that religion is important to them.

According to the Gallup Poll, which surveyed 95,000 registered voters from March through June 2008, the divide in voting preference is not confined to white Protestants but is manifested among non-Hispanic white Catholics as well.

Non-Hispanic white Catholics who say religion is important in their daily lives support McCain over Obama by 53 percent to 37 percent. Those who say religion is not important slightly favor Obama by a margin of 47 percent to 45 percent.

Hispanic Catholics, black non-Catholic Christians, and those who do not have a specific religious identity reportedly tend to support Barack Obama, but their support apparently is little affected by the importance of religion in their lives.

Hispanic Catholics who say religion is important in their lives support Obama over McCain 57 to 31, while those who say religion is not important support Obama by a margin of 63 to 30 percent.

Among non-Catholic Christians, those who say religion is important in their daily lives support McCain 63 percent to Obama’s 27 percent. Those who say religion is not important are split between the candidates, with 46 percent support McCain and 45 percent supporting Obama.

About 12 percent of Americans who say they have no specific religious identity strongly support Obama. Those among this group who say religion is not important in their lives support Obama over McCain by a margin of 65 to 26 percent.

Among those with no specific religious identity who say religion is important in their lives, Obama wins by a margin of 61 to 28 percent, according to Gallup.



TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; catholic; christianvote; electionpresident; evangelical; gallup; mccain; obama; religiousvote
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Open thread. What do all of you think?
1 posted on 08/13/2008 1:00:57 PM PDT by Salvation
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To: Salvation
McCain is marginally pro-life, Obama pro-death

Not hard to see or predict the outcome of this poll.

2 posted on 08/13/2008 1:02:46 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Salvation

LOL, there was just a thread claiming just the opposite.


3 posted on 08/13/2008 1:03:34 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: Salvation
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061335/posts

Of course this was religious minded voters whatever that means.

4 posted on 08/13/2008 1:04:48 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: nickcarraway; Lady In Blue; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; Catholicguy; RobbyS; markomalley; ...
Catholic ping!

Religious Voters Favor McCain, Poll Claims

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5 posted on 08/13/2008 1:05:05 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: mware

LOL! Exactly opposite titles. Unbelievable.


6 posted on 08/13/2008 1:06:42 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation

I’m an atheist for McCain. They didn’t even ask me.


7 posted on 08/13/2008 1:07:28 PM PDT by Publius (Another Republican for Obama -- NOT!!)
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To: Salvation
I like this poll better.

:)

8 posted on 08/13/2008 1:07:56 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: Salvation

I have a hard time believing anyone who is Christ-centered would support Obama or any other liberal, for that matter.

Same thing applies for Catholics, regardless whether they are Hispanic or identified by whatever other word is tacked onto “Catholic.” The abortion issue should nip that in the bud.


9 posted on 08/13/2008 1:07:58 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: Salvation
Religious Voters Favor McCain, Poll Claims

Thank God!

10 posted on 08/13/2008 1:09:28 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Salvation
"Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain by a margin of 50 to 40 percent, while those who say religion is unimportant to their lives tend to support presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama by a margin of 55 to 36 percent.

About two-thirds of the registered voters surveyed by Gallup said that religion is important to them."

Using those numbers on a sample of 1500 people would result in the following:

McCain 45.3%
Obama 45.0%

11 posted on 08/13/2008 1:10:36 PM PDT by avacado
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To: mware
LOL, there was just a thread claiming just the opposite.

Yeah, that had BS written all over it.

12 posted on 08/13/2008 1:11:01 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: avacado

Although Gallup is not the greatest; I trust it much more than the Barna poll.


13 posted on 08/13/2008 1:13:56 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation

“Religious” covers a lot of territory. For example, I would imagine that support would be near-unanimous for Baraq among muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, new agers, rustlers, cutthroats, murders, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh**-kickers, and Methodists!


14 posted on 08/13/2008 1:15:03 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great (until it happens to YOU)...)
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To: avacado

I love you math and statistics guys. Thanks for your brainwork.

So then it would seem that this poll would fall in line with all the predictions that this is going to be a close election.

Secretly, however, I pray for a McCain landslide. He’s not the greatest conservative, but he’s sooooooooo much better than Obamanation.


15 posted on 08/13/2008 1:16:17 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: what_not2007
Me too


16 posted on 08/13/2008 1:17:00 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Migraine

woa, there, kiddo! I’m Methodist. LOL.


17 posted on 08/13/2008 1:17:49 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: Salvation
Religious Voters Favor McCain, Poll Claims

Well, of course they do. Obama favors killing babies who survive an abortion. People of faith find that absolutely appalling.

18 posted on 08/13/2008 1:18:06 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: what_not2007
woa, there, kiddo! I’m Methodist. LOL.

No offense, then. That was just the famous Hedley Lamarr quote from Blazing Saddles!

19 posted on 08/13/2008 1:19:09 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great (until it happens to YOU)...)
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To: Migraine

No offense taken. Besides, Hedley Lamarr had horrible taste in clothes.


20 posted on 08/13/2008 1:20:07 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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