People with no religious affiliation less likely to vote, poll says
http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2019492516_religionpoll22.htmlPeople with no religious affiliation less likely to vote, poll says
Nearly one-quarter of likely Obama supporters say they have have no particular religion — a group less likely to vote than those affiliated with an organized religion, according to a poll released Monday.
By Michelle Boorstein
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — 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.
Nearly one-quarter of likely Obama supporters say they have have no particular religion — a group less likely to vote than those affiliated with an organized religion, according to a poll released Monday by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Sixty-one percent of unaffiliated voters said they would likely cast a ballot, compared with 73 percent of those who are religiously affiliated.
The poll, one of a slew being released in the days before the election, focuses on the overlap — and sometimes contradiction — of a person's faith identity and their views on newsy topics from religious freedom to abortion.
White Catholics, for example, are far more likely than Latino Catholics to favorably view Mitt Romney (54 percent vs. 27 percent). Yet White Catholics also are more likely to believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a view more in line with Obama's.
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may indicate the kind of person who adheres to a blind belief in the literal interpretation of the Bible ( when it suits him/her).. the fanatic insistence that there is only one way to see things i.e., their way based on their belief in their bible and the need to force their beliefs onto others. I don't think that is the kind of faith our President nor our Vice President has.
just sayin'
It's the broadbrush way it was used that I object to.
I guess that since this was a post on DU, where we are supporting Obama/Biden, I assumed that the exclusion of Obama/Biden in that op was a given and so he/she didn't need to make a distinction. That was my assumption anyway, but you know what they say about assumptions 
Which age group is least religious? Which age group votes less reliably? I'll be darned it looks very similar - in fact a tad bigger gap by age.
Weird that eh?
