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Barna: Romney Got Lowest Level of Evangelical Support Since Bob Dole
Christian Post ^ | 12/07/2012 | Napp Nazworth

Posted on 12/07/2012 12:49:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 12/07/2012 12:49:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Ok, did he receive a high level of support or a low level of support, and why the heck are people trying to spin this, unless they are not on our side?


2 posted on 12/07/2012 12:51:50 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: SeekAndFind; jmaroneps37
Romney received the support of 81 percent of evangelicals, compared to 88 percent for John McCain in 2008, and 83 percent and 85 percent, respectively, for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Only Dole received a lower level of evangelical support at 74 percent in Barna's polling.

Capturing 81 percent of the evangelical vote is hardly something to cry about. But let's not forget the crap that Kevin "coach" Collins was peddling the day after the elections, when he claimed that (and I quote)

Evangelical Christians may not be evil people, but they helped an evil president become an evil dictator on Tuesday. The exact numbers aren’t in but clearly the vast majority of Evangelicals stayed home on Election Day.

3 posted on 12/07/2012 12:58:07 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
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To: SeekAndFind

What all these people fail to mention is that Obama didn’t get as many votes in his second term election as in his first. One has to wonder who dropped off of which I have seen no analysis?


4 posted on 12/07/2012 12:59:19 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: SeekAndFind

Yet Obama got 98% of the black evangelical vote.

We had better stop this religious schism crap.

We are supposed to draw folks in, not kick them out over single issues.


5 posted on 12/07/2012 12:59:32 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 1rudeboy

What I find shocking is that he didn’t get the support from fellow Mormons—Obama got his Blacks—but the Mormons could bother to get off their tails and cast a vote for Mitt. They deserve what dish of humble pie Obama serves them.


6 posted on 12/07/2012 12:59:32 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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Same source:

"Evangelicals turned out in record numbers and voted as heavily for Mitt Romney yesterday as they did for George W. Bush in 2004," said Ralph Reed, chairman of Faith and Freedom Coalition. "That is an astonishing outcome that few would have predicted even a few months ago. But Romney underperformed with younger voters and minorities and that in the end made the difference for Obama."

7 posted on 12/07/2012 1:02:22 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: SeekAndFind
Evangelicals must prefer an atheist in the WH.Who wouldda thunk?
8 posted on 12/07/2012 1:11:06 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: SeekAndFind

On the one hand, FReepers and other conservatives warned that nominating Romney would increase the “sit it out” quotient among conservative voters.

On the other hand, of course it is disappointing that more conservatives did not turn out EVEN for Romney, GIVEN the horror of the alternative (and the very real risk that the MSM will stick the blame somehow on REPUBLICANS for 8 years of Obama failure).

I just hope it wasn’t The Mormon Thing.


9 posted on 12/07/2012 1:17:15 PM PST by pogo101
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Maybe a sizeable chunk of self-described Mormons are Harry Reid Mormons now. Who knows?


10 posted on 12/07/2012 1:19:21 PM PST by pogo101
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I can’t understand why, but someone is trying to spin me. I wish an “evangelical” (whatever that is) would stop by and explain.


11 posted on 12/07/2012 1:23:24 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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The information does seem to be in conflict. I’m confused too.


12 posted on 12/07/2012 1:27:35 PM PST by pogo101
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I couldn’t even find the post-election article (from the same source), that claimed “evangelicals” turned-out in record numbers for Romney. The disparity in accounts is glaring.


13 posted on 12/07/2012 1:31:24 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

We know what the black preacher Rev Wright taught in his church and since 95% of black church people voted for Obama, we know what kind of Christian beliefs they have. What are their black preachers teaching them - to hate crackers?


14 posted on 12/07/2012 2:19:29 PM PST by YukonGreen
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To: SeekAndFind

Why should that stat be any surprise??

If the amount of anti-Mormon vitriol that was posted here on FR was any indication, I’m surprised he got that much support.

I bet all you “true Christians” are really glad you dodged a bullet there, right? I mean what could be worse than a Mormon in the White House? Oh, wait.........


15 posted on 12/07/2012 2:31:11 PM PST by MDspinboyredux
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To: SeekAndFind
The election was there for the taking. All the GOP had to do was not nominate Obama-lite. They couldn't be counted on even that much.

Total and complete losers.
16 posted on 12/07/2012 2:35:51 PM PST by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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RE: All the GOP had to do was not nominate Obama-lite

OK, which of these folks would have defeated Obama?

Michele Bachmann
Herman Cain
Newt Gingrich
Rick Santorum

For those who don’t know, Bachmann almost lost her seat this year. She hang on by a TINY number and eked out a slim victory.


17 posted on 12/07/2012 2:41:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Only 58% of Hoosiers who were registered to do so bothered to vote. I’m ashamed but it is an indicatore neither party motivated its members.


18 posted on 12/07/2012 2:46:40 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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Any of the above could have beaten Obama with a unified and energized party behind them. But we'll never know, will we? We nominated the weakest link instead thanks to the "geniuses" in Republican media establishment.

Morons all.
19 posted on 12/07/2012 3:05:47 PM PST by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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Any of the above could have beaten Obama with a unified and energized party behind them. What a stupid a$$ed comment. ANY of our candidates, even Romney, would have won with a unified and energized party. But since your candidate, a one-term Senator who LOST his re-election bid, didn't win you picked up your ball and went home. Rather than being unified behind a set of values, we have become factionalized supporting individuals instead of ideas. Please reflect on your priorities this January 21st.
20 posted on 12/07/2012 3:40:24 PM PST by MDspinboyredux
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