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To: Dr. Sivana
I'm in Georgia, it plays fine here.

Nope, don't think so. Iowa is not the South. The South is religious, but it isn't the special type of stupid that votes for Romney, or Santorum, a Roman Catholic and a Mormon (in reverse order), just because they can give some religious one liners. That's not to say that the South wouldn't vote Catholics, but they wouldn't vote for them for purely religious reasons. The proof of that is that Carson, in any of the polls, never did as well in the South as he did in Iowa, aside perhaps from weird polls put out by Quinnipac, whose pollster spent 24/7 ranting about how bad Trump is and how great Ben Carson is, before revealing he is a Democrat.

20 posted on 11/21/2015 11:08:09 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

I’m in South Texas.
Talking to many clients in business,
many friends in the neighborhood,
my wife’s baptist family,
my own catholic family,
my friends who work the polls,
the signs in all the yards,
the bumper stickers everywhere,
NO ONE says they are voting for or against religion or religious affiliation.

This country is in trouble. As long as the candidate is not a devil worshiper, we are looking for a competent candidate.
We have sent money to Cruz and I’m not sure what denomination he specifically is (and I don’t care).
Religion is just for political talking heads to talk about.


26 posted on 11/21/2015 11:19:49 AM PST by nixonsnose (you never know how much pee splatters until you are standing at the urinal in flip flops.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
The South is religious, but it isn't the special type of stupid that votes for Romney, or Santorum, a Roman Catholic and a Mormon (in reverse order), just because they can give some religious one liners.

Santorum WON Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi. He certainly would have won Georgia and South Carolina if it weren't for Gingrich's presence.

The proof of that is that Carson, in any of the polls, never did as well in the South as he did in Iowa

Carson (who is considerably more narrowly a "religious" candidate than Cruz) led in Georgia in the most recent poll taken by Fox (11/14, Carson 26, Trump 24, Cruz 14), better than he has been polling in Iowa (mid 20s in most polls). Carson may also do better in Iowa than other states because he has focused more resources there.


29 posted on 11/21/2015 11:23:44 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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