Survey: Evangelicals back McCain; other religious voters shift to Obama
AUSTIN – In a significant shift in party support from four years ago, monthly churchgoers are backing Democrat Barack Obama in this year’s presidential race, according to a new poll.
Mr. Obama, who has tried to tap faith-based voters, has the support 60 percent of Americans who attend religious services once or twice a month, according to the survey for the nonpartisan group Faith in Public Life.
Democrat John Kerry lost that group in 2004.
At the same time, Mr. Obama has made little headway among the most active churchgoers, especially white evangelical Protestants who were key to President Bush’s re-election four years ago.
The survey found examples of a generational divide between younger and older evangelicals — but not on their presidential pick.
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Mr. Obama, who has tried to tap faith-based voters, has the support 60 percent of Americans who attend religious services once or twice a month, according to the survey for the nonpartisan group Faith in Public Life.
Democrat John Kerry lost that group in 2004.
At the same time, Mr. Obama has made little headway among the most active churchgoers, especially white evangelical Protestants who were key to President Bush’s re-election four years ago.
The survey found examples of a generational divide between younger and older evangelicals — but not on their presidential pick.
LinkHere
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