Exit poll results and election night surveys of Jewish voters reveal that President Obama and Democrats continue to receive tremendous support from Jewish voters. … After months of speculation about Obama’s standing among American Jews and an unprecedented multimillion dollar campaign by prominent Republicans to appeal to Jews, one thing […] Read more »
How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis
In his re-election victory, Democrat Barack Obama narrowly defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the national popular vote (50% to 48%). Obama’s margin of victory was much smaller than in 2008 when he defeated John McCain by a 53% to 46% margin, and he lost ground among white evangelical Protestants and […] Read more »
How Deep is Support for Romney Among Mormons Nationally?
Given their shared faith, it should come as no surprise that Mormons support Mitt Romney for president. Among the nearly 1,500 Mormons in the 2012 YouGov/CCES national data (look below for details), 77 percent said they planned to vote (or already voted) for Romney. [cont.] Quin Monson, Brigham Young U. […] Read more »
Mourdock, God’s Will, and Rape: How Americans Really Think about God and Public Policy
Earlier this week, Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, a Tea Party favorite who ousted veteran Senator Dick Lugar in the primary last spring, spurred yet another firestorm of debate when he declared that pregnancies conceived in rape are “something that God intended to happen.” … The question, of course, is […] Read more »
What the campaigns should know about the religiously unaffiliated
… Political candidates and campaigns are rightly paying attention to the religiously unaffiliated, the fastest growing group in the religious landscape that currently counts nearly 1-in-5 (19 percent) Americans among its ranks. … But the internal diversity of the religiously unaffiliated presents a challenge to candidates and campaigns who are […] Read more »
Religiously unaffiliated less likely to vote
The recent boom in religiously unaffiliated Americans may ultimately help explain the results of the upcoming 2012 presidential election, according to a new poll that shows such voters lean heavily toward President Obama but are less likely than the religiously affiliated to turn out. [cont.] Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Read more »