“Your 153 may be more like a half million maybe more.”
Try a couple tens of millions...
In “An Elephant Looks in the Mirror 10 Years Later,” mainstream GOP pollsters Fabrizio McLaughlin Associates reports that so-called “values voters” now make up 51% of the GOP. Twenty-seven percent self-identify as “focused” on moral issues, and another 24% have a “laser-like focus” on moral issues (the study labels the latter group “moralists”).
Poll results based upon 2,000 self-described Republican voters conducted between May 28th and June 3rd, 2007.
Among regular Republican voters:
71% describe themselves as “conservative” - up from 55% ten years ago
21% describe themselves as “moderate” - down from 31% in 1997
4% of Republican voters describe themselves as “liberal” - down from 11% in 1997.
Regular church attendance has not changed among Republican voters with 51% attending once a week.
When asked if “Having deep religious beliefs is the MOST essential ingredient to living a good and moral life” 66% of all Republican voters agreed. Only 30% said religious beliefs were not the most important ingredient to living a good life.
67% of Republican voters agreed with the statement: “People should always live their lives by God’s teachings and principles.” 28% disagreed by supporting the alternative statement: “People should always live their lives by their own personal set of morals and values even if they sometimes contradict God’s teachings and principles.”
80% of Republican voters believe that abortion should be restricted either as completely illegal (28%), or legal only in certain circumstances (52%).
When asked about same-sex relationships, 81% of GOP voters agree that: “Government should block the legal recognition of same-sex relationships.” Of that 81% who oppose same-sex marriage, 30% said they could allow civil unions. Only 13% of GOP voters believe “Government should allow the legal recognition of ANY type of same-sex relationship.”
good stuff! thank you.