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In the exit polling, White Protestant voters went 65 percent for McCain as did 52 percent of White Catholics. Overall, those Christians who attended any church on a weekly basis went for McCain by 55 percent, while Protestants who attended church on a weekly basis went for McCain by 65 percent.

I've assembled the following chart from the above numbers, and from earlier threads I've posted. While some of these numbers have fluctuated from source to source, so far they haven't swung by more than 2%.

75% McCain, 25% Obama - [White Born Again ***] Evangelicals*
65% McCain, xx% Obama - White Protestants**
62% McCain, 35% Obama - State of Utah
54% McCain, 44% Obama - Weekly church-goers
51% McCain, 49% Obama - White Catholics*
xx% McCain, 53% Obama - Monthly church-goers
45% McCain, 54% Obama - Catholics
xx% McCain, 59% Obama - Semi-annual church-goers
38% McCain, 61% Obama - Occasional churchgoers
xx% McCain, 68% Obama - Don't attend church 21% McCain, 78% Obama - American Jews

* Note that Fox News' demographic breakdown lists White Catholics as 52% McCain, 47% Obama, agrees with Evangelicals as 75% McCain but does not provide a percentage of Evangelicals supporting Obama, and does not give numbers for any other groups.
** Christian Nedwswire did not provide voting numbers for Obama.
*** Christian Newswire further defines this category as "White Born Again Evangelicals." Other news sources reported roughly the same percentage as just "Evangelicals".

Sources:
The Awesome Blue God -- How Obama Forged A New Faith Coalition
Exit polls: 78% of Jews voted for Obama
Utah's red loses some of its luster
With the Help of Catholics…Obama’s Victory
Obama's Religious Appeal: Still Missing Evangelicals - which TIME renamed as Obama: Bringing (Some) Evangelicals In
Results! Evangelicals
The Evangelical Electoral Map




1 posted on 11/06/2008 7:06:22 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

That doesn’t explain why my heavily Baptist precinct went Obama. We are only 18K Catholics here.

Just about everyone here is Baptist.


2 posted on 11/06/2008 7:42:28 AM PST by OpusatFR (Neither Republican or Democrat. Monarchist with allegience to The Only One.)
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To: Gamecock; HarleyD; Frumanchu; Dr. Eckleburg; Marysecretary; Forest Keeper; topcat54; suzyjaruki
Ping to the demographic numbers and resources in post #1
3 posted on 11/06/2008 7:45:11 AM PST by Alex Murphy ( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
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To: Alex Murphy

You should say Palin instead of McCain. That was my vote. Now I am mad as an old wet hen at the McCain staffers stabbing her in the back.


6 posted on 11/06/2008 9:24:31 AM PST by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: Alex Murphy

So Evangelicals in Name Only voted for Obama too, correct?


15 posted on 11/06/2008 9:27:29 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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