Posted on 12/20/2014 5:44:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind
One of the reasons that Republicans won the midterm elections is because white evangelicals turned out, while Democratic-leaning groups stayed home. For good and for ill, white evangelicals are one of the most effectively organized groups in American politics, and they reliably vote Republican. We should all be asking what we can learn from conservative evangelicals about how to energize voters in midterms.
Back in October, pollster Robert Jones argued that white evangelicals were declining as a percentage of the population, even in the South. This could have been bad news for Republicans, who counted on loyal support from white evangelicals. Jones predicted that by November 2014, evangelical decline would start tipping close races to Democrats in Bible Belt states like Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
But on Nov. 4 of 2014, white evangelicals handed Republicans a decisive victory in Senate races across the country. White evangelicals may be declining as a percentage of the population. But as Sarah Posner reported in Religion Dispatches, they still rule the midterms because they turn out to vote in such high numbers for Republicans.
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Liberals are now blaming Democratic losses on high Christian turnout. More excuses.
Its never their fault, they just got caught with their pants down. I love these kind of post-mortems.
A lot of the polling places around me are in churches. I expect the Dems will try to get that outlawed.
2012 - Bammy rulz by driving the base out to vote....
Lesson for the GOPe? Go for the independents and diss the base.
2016? GOPe loses, BIG TIME....
Yet with the GOPe soon to be in control of Congress, it appears the progressive liberal agenda will be marching further on towards completion.
More manufactured definitions designed to isolate, freeze and destroy their opposition.
Never ever accept a premise offered by a Communist as it is with false propositions that they define the argument.
The liberals have locked up the anti-Christian vote.
What are they crying about? They hate Christians. Why WOULD a Christian vote to have their beliefs mocked and outlawed?
"What can you expect? You can't expect Christians to vote for us." isn't exactly something to be proud of.
Not high Christian turn out, high Protestant Christian turn out.
People forget that the Catholic Christian vote always goes for the democrat presidential candidates, with a handful of rare exceptions.
It is good when most of them don't show up, like a mid term election.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. If Hildebeast or Warren are appointed president, they will make the Obungler look like a piker.
At election time we choose who we prefer to benefit from the corruption and steal our resources.
Who is this "we" she is referring to? Does she mean other MSM propagandists or is she calling out to every liberal and Democrat elite in America?
Declining numbers? Conservative Christians are the only ones having lots of babies. Liberals don’t have kids and blacks are aborting many of theirs.
Well, they just import theirs (and brainwash the children of innocent conservatives in their indoctrination camps).
I believe Lydia (sender) is saying that Democrats are neither white nor believers. That’s a powerful statement.
Hitler would be so proud.
Yes, blame Christians.
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Yes, that is why liberals fight desperately to control what is taught in government schools.
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