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To: Howlin
Do you know what the % increase was for evangelicals?
24 posted on 11/08/2004 12:33:47 PM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: mariabush

No, I do; I just know that Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center says "there was no disproportionate surge in the evangelical vote this year. Evangelicals made up the same share of the electorate this year as they did in 2000. There was no increase in the percentage of voters who are pro-life. Sixteen percent of voters said abortions should be illegal in all circumstances. There was no increase in the percentage of voters who say they pray daily.

"It's true that Bush did get a few more evangelicals to vote Republican, but Kohut, whose final poll nailed the election result dead-on, reminds us that public opinion on gay issues over all has been moving leftward over the years. Majorities oppose gay marriage, but in the exit polls Tuesday, 25 percent of the voters supported gay marriage and 35 percent of voters supported civil unions. There is a big middle on gay rights issues, as there is on most social issues."


25 posted on 11/08/2004 12:41:34 PM PST by Howlin (I love the smell of mandate in the morning.)
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