Big White Evangelical Turnout for Midtersm

[cbayer]

http://religiondispatches.org/big-white-evangelical-turnout-for-midterms/

BY SARAH POSNER NOVEMBER 5, 2014



Last night’s results show that pollster Robert Jones was far, far too optimistic about the impact of declining numbers of white evangelicals on Senate races in the South. In an October 17 Atlantic piece, Jones identified five races–Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina–in which those demographic changes could help either keep Senate seats in Democratic hands, or tip Republican-held seats to the Democrats.

2014, Jones wrote, “may be the year that the underlying demographic trends finally exert enough force to make themselves felt.”

I was skeptical, pointing out that turnout and intensity matter more than these numbers. (Religion News Service’s Tobin Grant disputed Jones’ claim that white evangelicals are declining at all.)

Last night, the Republican Senate candidates won in Arkansas (Tom Cotton defeating Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor), Georgia (Republican David Perdue defeating Democrat Michelle Nunn), Kentucky (incumbent Mitch McConnell handily defeating Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes), and North Carolina (Republican challenger Thom Tillis defeating incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan). In Louisiana, Democratic incumbent Mary Landreiu is headed for a run-off.

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[SharonAnn]

1. Don't forget Tennessee. We had an Amendment on the ballot to stop our constitution from protecting

a woman's right to abortion and giving the legislature the ability to make any laws regarding abortion that they want to.

It succeeded. So now, our legislature can make any laws regarding abortion that they want and litigation will go on for years.

What a waste.

[cbayer]

2. Yes, I have read about that. Really, really bad.

What do you think will happen as a result of this?

[czarjak]

3. Praise the Lord.....

Those rubes think they'll be reaping the benefits.

[Leontius]

4. A better headline would be "'Thanks a lot', to all You dumbasses that didn't vote this year"