>> this survey shows Romney winning the Catholic vote by eight points, 51/43, but the Baptist vote by only one point, 49/48
Hmmm... I could *understand* 43% cluelessness from the Catholics, who like the Jews have a soft spot for marxists...
, but what kind of idiot Baptist would give Barack Obama the time of day? 48%?? I’m not sure I believe that.
Unless it’s skewed by BLACK baptists, but there aren’t THAT many of those — are there?
Baptists are the largest Protestant grouping in the United States, and the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with 16 million members.
The largest denomination among African Americans is the National Baptist Convention, with 7.5 million members, along with the smaller but more liberal Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), with over 2000 churches and a total membership of 2.5 million.
I have spoken to a lot of Southern Baptists and I am quite certain that only a HANDFUL will vote for Obama. Their main concern with Romney is his MORMON faith.
Black Baptists are turned off by Obama’s stance on gay marriage and his extreme stance on partial birth abortion ( where he would not even support a bill protecting an infant surviving a botched abortion ). However, they still feel some kinship with him based on skin color ( no getting away from that ).
As for the progressive baptists, there is no doubt that they will go with Obama.
It remains to be seen if Southern Baptists can overcome their concern with a Mormon president and turn out in huge numbers and if Black Baptists are sufficiently turned off by Obama’s liberal stance on social issues to either vote Romney or stay home.