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Evangelicals being a greater percentage of a smaller number says to me turnout was flat rather than down among Evangelicals, not that it increased.

Well, I thought about that, too...but 24% of one pool vs. 23% of a previous pool still equaled almost a million more white Evangelical votes this time 'round (almost 31 million vs. about 30 million)...

Three million people who call themselves Conservatives sat the election out. How many of them claim to be of which Christian or other group I don't know and don't care. They put their personal pride ahead of the good of the nation, it's that simple.

Well, I disagree with you re: their motivations...tho obvious it's a diverse group so who all knows the various motivations...??

Certainly , tho, if you don't vote for a reincarnated Hitler just because he's better than the anti-Christ he's runnin' against, doesn't mean that "personal pride" motivated people voting third party or sitting out.

People are quick to point to the sin of omission (not voting); there's also the sin of commission -- participating in the sin of others...the apostle Paul said NOT to do that...(1 Timothy 5:22)...

That's hardly "pride" operative there...

And I guarantee you: Had McCain & Palin -- either one -- announced that they had major discernment issues...major personality identity disorders...about who they were...like that they were "gods in embryo"...like the 15-20% of Lds who are temple Mormons...like Mitt...ya better believe they would have lost MORE than 3 million votes in 2008!

It's only because people were giving Mormonism a pass that Romney even got as many votes as he did...

And I frankly didn't think there were enough liberals in this country-- almost 130 million of voting-age -- to vote for one of two liberals...both pro-aborts...both socialist on healthcare...

(I was wrong on that!)

I hear what you're saying about motivations, and Romney may be a lot of things but he's not a reincarnated Hitler and he's definitely not Barry.

People who see what Barry has done, who know that they have no influence at all over any democrat, who know that if the President is Republican there is at least a high probability that he would nominate better judges, that he would want to work with Republicans, and that he at least said he's changed his stance on abortion, can't say that staying home was a more moral and principled thing to do than voting to rid us of Barry. No way.