[daniel1212]

>How did white Evangelicals compare to other voter segments...in staying home or not?

Answer: They were 24% of the voting block in 2012; 23% in 2008; 21% in 2004.

Which religious voter groups turned out significantly less in 2012? (a) OTHER white Protestants — not Evangelicals; (b) white Catholics

Per Pew Forum white Protestants dropped from 42% of the pie in 2008 to 39% in 2012...keep in mind, tho, that the mainline denominations are “aging” & unless a Dem “resurrects” a dead voter, they don’t vote from the grave...

Still, 42% of about 132,654 (2008) vs. 39% of about 128 million is a drop-off of over 4 million voters!

Also, white Catholics dropped from 19% in 2008 to 18% in 2012...Because the voter pool was smaller in 2012, that’s about 2 million LESS white Catholics turning out...(I estimate a drop from just over 25 million to just over 23 million)...obviously some of them died and weren’t replaced by younger Catholic voters.

Note also that Pew Forum’s exit polling showed that more white Evangelicals, %-wise, voted for Romney than even Mormons! Pew Forum says the breakdowns were 79-20% by white Evangelicals; and 78-21% by Lds! <

Thanks for the research.

[Alex Murphy]

Per Pew Forum white Protestants dropped from 42% of the pie in 2008 to 39% in 2012...keep in mind, tho, that the mainline denominations are “aging” & unless a Dem “resurrects” a dead voter, they don’t vote from the grave...Still, 42% of about 132,654 (2008) vs. 39% of about 128 million is a drop-off of over 4 million voters!

Thank you, to whoever gets the credit for posting it first. This is exactly as I had expected - a progressive reduction in the Evangelical conservative voter base, one that's been going on since the late 80s. Conservative evangelicals didn't "sit this election out", but who's listening? It serves our liberal masters to isolate the single most reliable and predictable voter base that consistently opposes government tyranny, and to find a way to turn the general population against them.

White conservative church-going Evangelicals and Protestants supported Romney in greater percentages than practically any other voting demographic. Blaming evangelicals for Obama's win is like blaming Mini Cooper owners for taking up all the parking places at the mall.

[Salvation]

What I have been wondering is how many Catholics or evangelicals or true-blue Protestants voted a third party because they could not vote for either liberal candidate.

Somehow the PEW poll isn’t showing that, is it?