AP: 1/3 of Evangelicals voted for Dems

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http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/nov/07/associated_press_exit_polls_a_third_of_evangelicals_vote_for_dems

Those early exit polls also showed that three in four voters said corruption was very important to their vote, and they tended to vote Democratic. In a sign of a dispirited GOP base, most white evangelicals said corruption was very important to their vote — and almost a third of them turned to the Democrats.

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Two out of three voters called the war very important to them and said they leaned toward the Democrats, while six in ten voters said they disapproved of the war. About the same number said they were dissatisfied with the president — and they were far more likely to vote Democratic.

[bluestateguy]

1. IF that is true

Then this will be a fun night

Good Christians wouldn't lie to the exit pollsters would they?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Some evangelicals are liberal. Despite the righties trying to

coopt the term, along with Christian, there are liberals out there who also claim those terms.

[DemBones DemBones]

4. Not if they're really

good Christians. There are no perfect Christians (or perfect people of any sort) but there are many good ones who wouldn't lie.

[montana500]

15. only when high on meth. nm

nm

[mamalone]

3. I'm an evangelical....

No flames please, I beg of you:P

I voted straight party dem allllllll the way down, but then I almost always do, lol.

[meegbear]

5. Ex-cellent!!

And Thank You! :hi:

[mamalone]

12. yer welcome!

nt

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6. Nicely done!

[mamalone]

14. thanks!

:-)

[w13rd0]

7. A work associate...

...has a long checklist for potential mate.

< > evangelical Christian
< > no drugs, alcohol or tobacco
< > between 24-30
< > ...about 10 others...
< > very liberal voting Democratic

This is in Missouri. Hey, I figure I've about as much chance of getting my "checklist" filled from top to bottom, I guess it happens though : )

[mamalone]

11. add good sense of humor to that

and you have my 16yo daughter's list. Hey a gal can dream can't she?;-)

[DemBones DemBones]

8. Great! There are other evangelicals at DU, too.

Don't let the flamers get you down. :-)

[mamalone]

10. YAY!

I'm so glad there's at least one other one! :hi:

[montana500]

16. nice!

thx.

[AtomicKitten]

9. WOW -- That's historical.

Hopefully the rest stayed home.

[cnlst8]

13. If this is true this is a clincher, but I'm still cautious. We all should be.

[StatGirl]

17. Compare to 2004 exit polls

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html

Granted, these numbers were retro-rigged, but the evangelicals allegedly split 78-21 two years ago.

[LoZoccolo]

18. This is actually not surprising as I heard much the same thing about 2004.

It sounds like the number has grown a little but I think I remember seeing that it was 30% in 2004.

The story that evangelical = Republican is a canard that the Republicans float in order to wrest our evangelicals from the party. What's lunacy is that we help them along in that process by doing what we can to throw them out, intentionally or not.

[AlinPA]

19. Isn't it usually close to 0% of evangelicals who vote for Democrats? (I get

my fundamentalists and my evangelicals mixed up.)