Atheists and Evangelicals Prefer Obama
From Street Prophets: Barack And Hillary (And The Beat Goes On):
How crazy is it that Obama, with all his foregrounded faith, can't take the Protestant or Catholic demographics from Hillary? I'm assuming that the "Other Christian" includes non-denominational evangelicals, and there Obama takes a convincing lead. Taken together with his strong lead among the 3% of self-described Republicans who have crossed over this cycle, I'd say that means that pretty much every conservative evangelical that has gone Democratic has voted for Obama. More craziness: after all the crap Obama took from the netroots about his faith speeches seeming to leave out the non-religious, he has a strong, though not overwhelming lead among that very group.
Obamians seem to be more inclined to newer approaches to religion and non-religion. Hillaryland seems to be the place for people with strong connections to old time protestant and catholic traditions. What is fascinating is that Obama attracts both more conservative evangelical Christians and non-Christians. What does this mean? Is it just that Obamians are younger?
Does this mean that Obama is in a better position to help bridge some of our religious divides? Can passionate evangelical Christians find some common ground with equally passionate atheists?
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